The internet has become part of our lives and communication could not be any easier in this information driven era. For the 13 million internet users in Uganda, not a day goes by without liking something on Facebook, sending an email or chatting on WhatsApp. Internet has made it...
Uganda government’s taxing syndrome has hit social media users with an introduction of a daily levy of UGX 200 an equivalent of $0.05 to all users of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Viber and WhatsApp among others. The tax proposal was endorsed on May 30, 2018 by...
Innovation Initiative By Civil Rights Defenders May 17 Meet our partner; Unwanted Witness Uganda, located mid-east on the African continent, boasts a population of over 40 million people. Over a third of its citizens are online. “Internet has become an important part of many people’s lives, providing not only access...
INTRODUCTION The Ugandan government is one of the several countries in Africa, which has vocally sought to respond to the perceived rise in terror threats in the region, by enacting anti-terror legislations in recent years, along with Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tunisia. In 2002 Uganda enacted an...
INTRODUCTION The Uganda government through its agencies has for years focused on curtailing expression platforms such as assemblies and the traditional media spaces, as documented by Human Rights Watch report in 2015. As a result, citizens are shifting to the online space to express themselves, particularly using Internet enabled...
During early years of internet penetration in Uganda, many if not all Ugandans who had access to the internet by then utilized the internet majorly to connect with friends and family on socialize matters. The trend continued with the introduction of mobile networks on to the market, enabling users...
By Observer Team Godfrey Mutabazi, the executive director of the Uganda Communications Commission, has said in a sworn affidavit that he blocked social media sites on election day, February 18, at the urging of the Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura. In the affidavit sworn in support of President...
Hiding behind the color of the law to stifle Internet freedoms; government should review and amend the cyber legal framework – says the Unwanted Witness Uganda As we join the rest of the world to commemorate the internet freedoms day 2015, the Unwanted Witness Uganda would like to ask...
SHRINKING CIVIC POLITICAL SPACE; Government Seeks To Amend the Anti-Terrorism Act to target civil society foreign funding. Kampala, 08th/01/2016; Barely six months after the Anti Terrorism Act, 2002 was amended the government is plotting to amend the same law targeting how civil society organizations attract funds. In a move...
#Internet4Ug Digital rights describe the human rights that allow individuals to access, use, create and publish digital media or to access and use computers, other electronic devices or communications networks. There is recognition at the global level that the rights citizens enjoy online need to be protected as much...
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Unwanted Witness publish a briefing for election observers on the importance of privacy and data protection in the election cycle.
Injured journalist Ashraf Kasirye allowed to file additional allegations against gov’t
Court adjourns injured journalist Ashraf Kasirye’s case hearing against State over the absence of Attorney GeneralCopyright © 2021, Unwanted Witness.