Unwanted Witness is deeply concerned about online violence and discrimination against women which is on the increase and in pandemic proportions on the basis of sex and gender.
Online Violence Against Women: A Call to Action
Privacy, data safety, and trust are eroding in Uganda as government censorship intensifies.
We join the rest of the world to commemorate international Data Privacy Day. The day aims at raising awareness about respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.
Blocking social media is a direct attack on democracy in Uganda, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
When a country like Uganda is aiming at becoming a middle income economy and wants to anchor the growth on its information and communication sector, Internet shutdowns send all the wrong signals to investors and consumers.
Unwanted Witness Condemns the Heinous Acts of Violence Against Journalists
Unwanted Witness strongly condemns the ongoing odious acts of violence and harassment meted on journalists by security operatives in Uganda.
Google must disregard the Government of Uganda’s requests intended to silence legitimate dissent
Over 20 National and International Human Rights Organisations have submitted a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking Google to disregard the government of Uganda’s intentions of further silencing dissent during democratic processes in the country.
The Inaugural Annual Privacy Scorecard Unveiled
The Privacy Scorecard is a monitoring tool that will be used to provide Ugandans with critical information on how different personal data collectors/processors comply with the Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019.
Unwanted Witness Conducts an Online (Facebook Live) debate to demystify Internet-based Violence against Women in Uganda.
Kampala, 23rd October 2020; Unwanted Witness has today held an online (Facebook Live) debate on violence against women online, themed Access to Justice for survivors of Online Violence Against Women. The COVID-19 Pandemic has seen an increase in the number of online users and women are realizing the potential...
Judiciary must prevail over UCC’s Impunity towards freedom of expression, Warns Unwanted Witness.
We call upon the Deputy Chief Justice Richard Butera to institute the bench to handle the application for interim injunction.
Digital identity verification, authentication and validation in the 2021 election must be transparent warns Unwanted Witness.
Unwanted Witness today joins the rest of the world in marking the International Identity Day in recognition of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 16 “Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions” and objective 9 which calls for legal identity for all.
Collection of personally identifiable data threatens National security and human rights: Warns Unwanted Witness
Kampala, 28th/07/2020; Unwanted Witness Uganda is deeply concerned about the likely harmful effects of the presidential directive to arbitrary collect citizen’s personal identifiable data by all Boda Boda riders and salon operators as contract tracing method to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country. Obtaining access to massive...
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