President Museveni in the command centre during the launch of the CCTV Camera command centre at Nateete Police Station Kampala | 18 Jan 2020 | As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark World Internet Freedom day, Unwanted Witness is concerned about the budding use of technology...
Ratify the Malabo Convention, a call to Government of Uganda as we mark the Human Rights Day, 2019 Kampala, 10TH/Dec/2019, as Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate international human rights day, the Unwanted Witness Uganda is calling upon government to urgently sign and ratify the African...
Kampala 28/Oct/2019, The Unwanted Witness is dismayed by a police resolution of mandatory daily access of all personal data belonging to hotel customers within urban centres for purposes of documentation and aiding police investigations. This resolution doesn’t only negate all principles of data protection as stipulated in the Data...
Kampala, 15th/07/2019; the Unwanted Witness Uganda is concerned about Uganda Police Force’s intensified unlawful surveillance of social networks resulting into increased clamp down on dissenting views online. In a period of two months, police has kidnapped and subsequently arrested seven (7) Internet users majorly Journalists for allegedly annoying president...
Kampala 12/June/2019, the Unwanted Witness petitioned the telecommunication regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) calling for an immediate investigation into the weak internal policies and Terms of service of Uganda’s major voice and data service providers. The Unwanted Witness observes that the feeble policies Compromise the rights of consumers and...
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Kampala, 1st/03/2019; Unwanted Witness welcomes the move by President Yoweri Museveni to assent onto the much needed Data protection and privacy Bill,2018 into law. The new law regulates collection, storage and use of personal data by different entities including government agencies, corporations and private institutions operating within and outside...
Unwanted Witness Uganda is calling to an end Police’s harassment and persecution of Independent online journalists in the country, which act is meant to scare online publishers from reporting on sensitive subjects. Last week police’s criminal Investigations Department (CID) summoned editors from five (5) online publications on allegations publishing...
Kampala, 10th/12/2018; As Uganda joins the rest of the world to Commemorate the International Human Rights Day, Unwanted Witness is deeply concerned about Government of Uganda’s constant expansion of mass surveillance practices disregarding the vice’s chilling effect on human rights as enshrined in national, regional and International human rights...
The Unwanted Witness Uganda is welcoming efforts by the parliament of Uganda to pass the long awaited Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015. The bill is meant to operationalize Article 27 (2) of the 1995 Constitution for the Republic of Uganda which states that, “no person shall be subjected...
Surveillance, censorship threaten Internet freedom and Democracy in Uganda, says Unwanted Witness
An Open Letter To Google
Trading Privacy For Cheap Transport System
Police’s Mandatory access to personal data from hotels constitutes a data breach, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.Ratify the Malabo Convention, a call to Government of Uganda as we mark the Human Rights Day, 2019
Surveillance, censorship threaten Internet freedom and Democracy in Uganda, says Unwanted Witness
An Open Letter To Google
Trading Privacy For Cheap Transport System
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