The theme for this year’s International Human Rights Day is ‘Human Rights 365,’ which encompasses the idea that every day throughout the year, is a Human Rights Day. The theme also re-echoes the fundamental proposition in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that each one of us, everywhere...
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UW Press Statement: Uganda Police Force should make powers of the Cyber Crime Unit public.

Kampala, 20 /march/2014, Unwanted witness Uganda is concerned by the Uganda Police Force’s move to establish a Cyber Crimes Unit whose powers are unknown to the general public. For the last two years the Uganda Police force has been monitoring secretly the most used internet based platforms including Face...
UW #FEB11th PRESS RELEASE. Citizens call: UCC to prevail over misuse of personal information by telecom companies

Citizens call: UCC to prevail over misuse of personal information by telecom companies on the day we fight back. Kampala, February, 11 2014 unwanted witness is joining the rest of the world to commemorate the day we fight back against mass surveillance and intrusion to privacy. While The...
THE UNWANTED WITNESS statement on the Occasion of Government drafting a data protection and privacy Bill 2013
We welcome the government’s decision to enact a law on Data Protection and Privacy but; the Bill should order telecom companies to surrender all citizens’ information collected during the Mandatory SIM Card Registration Exercise and to establish a National Data Collection Center Kampala, 24th/January/2014; the Unwanted Witness commends...
Unwanted Witness report on internet freedoms in Uganda

Report Summary For Immediate release The right to privacy and internet freedoms facing threats in Uganda – Unwanted Witness Report 2014 Kampala, 17th/January/2014; the right to privacy and internet freedom are facing enormous (growing) threats as Ugandan government starts to import surveillance equipment and setting up internet monitoring units...
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