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Unwanted Witness Submits Petition to Uganda Human Rights Commission Regarding National ID System
Unwanted Witness
July 30, 2024
Kampala, Uganda – July 30, 2024 – Unwanted Witness, a leading civil society organization dedicated to the protection and promotion...
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A Call for Inclusivity, Trust, and Accountability in Reforming Uganda’s National ID System
Unwanted Witness
June 10, 2024
One of the most striking issues identified in the paper is the financial burden imposed on Ugandans for ID services. The fixed fee of UGX 50,000/- ($13.78 USD) for replacing identification cards is markedly higher compared to neighboring countries like Kenya, Rwanda, and extends even to South Africa and India. In a nation where approximately 30.1% of the population lives below the poverty line, this exorbitant fee exacerbates social inequalities and restricts access to essential services for many Ugandans.
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Press Release: Unwanted Witness Calls for Reform to Champion an Inclusive, Trustworthy, and Accountable National ID System in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
June 10, 2024
Kampala, Uganda – June 10, 2024 – Unwanted Witness has released a comprehensive position paper titled "Championing an Inclusive, Trustworthy,...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Unwanted Witness Joins Inaugural Cohort of the Spyware Accountability Initiative
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Unwanted Witness
March 6, 2024
Unwanted Witness announced today that it has been awarded a grant from the Spyware Accountability Initiative, whose mission is to grow a global field of civil society organizations who are advancing threat research, advocacy and accountability to address the use and trade of spyware.
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Over 80% of African countries have adopted Data Protection laws but compliance is still low.
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Unwanted Witness
March 4, 2024
To date 36 African countries have adopted Data Protection laws and institutional frameworks, signaling positive efforts towards the continent’s respect...
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Press Release: Revealing Privacy Gaps: Unwanted Witness Exposes Transparency Crisis, Explores Regulators’ Role in Latest Scorecard
Unwanted Witness
January 22, 2024
The report is a precursor to the world International Data Privacy Day celebrated every January 28. This year’s International Data Privacy Day is themed "Take Control of Your Privacy.”
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The Essential Role of Cost-Free Access to Personal Data in the Digital Age
Unwanted Witness
August 15, 2023
As we navigate the intricacies of a data-driven world, upholding cost-free access is not only a legal and ethical obligation but a demonstration of respect for the right to privacy, and the principles that underpin a just and equitable digital society.
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USE investor data was exposed to hackers, investigation finds
Unwanted Witness
July 21, 2023
An investigations has indicated that unauthorised people accessed personal data of thousands of investors at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE)
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Unwanted Witness ICT Webinar Sheds Light on Uganda’s Digital Divide and the Need for Greater ICT Investment and Digital Rights Safeguards
Unwanted Witness
June 16, 2023
The webinar provided a platform for candid discussions on the current state of Uganda's ICT sector, budget allocations, and their influence on the enjoyment of digital rights.
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Press Release: Unwanted Witness Organizes West African Privacy Regional Engagement to Spotlight Corporate Responsibility and Civil Society’s Role in Fostering Accountability
Unwanted Witness
June 16, 2023
Unwanted Witness has organized the West African Privacy Regional Engagement as part of the events that lead to the Privacy Symposium Africa 2023.
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Press Release: Unwanted Witness Webinar Explores Investment in ICT as Catalyst for Digital Rights in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
June 13, 2023
Unwanted Witness has organized a webinar titled “Investment in ICT as an Engine for the Enjoyment of Digital Rights in Uganda”
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Harnessing Adequate ICT Investment for the Enjoyment of Digital Rights in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
June 12, 2023
Despite the growing importance of digital rights in today's interconnected world, Uganda faces significant challenges in bridging the digital divide...
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West African Privacy Engagement 2023: Fostering Corporate Accountability through Civil Society
Unwanted Witness
May 17, 2023
Organized under the theme "Corporate Responsibility and Privacy Protection: The Role Of Civil Society In Fostering Corporate Accountability in West Africa," this event aims to explore strategies for strengthening privacy rights and encouraging corporate responsibility
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Expert-led Boot Camp Equips Law Students for the Upcoming Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition 2023
Unwanted Witness
April 29, 2023
Unwanted Witness hosted a virtual boot camp training for the participants of the Unwanted Privacy Moot Court Competition 2023
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The Fight for Privacy Rights: A Moot Court Competition
Unwanted Witness
April 11, 2023
The upcoming Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition is set to bring together law students around the country to argue and address contemporary issues related to privacy and personal data protection.
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Unprecedented Response: Registration for Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Competition Closes with Record Number of Participants
Unwanted Witness
April 11, 2023
The Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Competition has closed its registration for the 2023 edition, and the response has been nothing short of impressive.
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The Data Protection Office of Mauritius to host the 5th Edition of the Privacy Symposium Africa
Unwanted Witness
April 4, 2023
Unwanted Witness together with the Data Protection Office of Mauritius virtually launched the roadmap to the fifth edition of the Privacy Symposium Africa.
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The 5th Privacy Symposium Africa to Address Emerging Data Privacy Challenges
Unwanted Witness
April 3, 2023
Unwanted Witness is pleased to announce the launch of the 5th Privacy Symposium Africa (PSA), to be held in Port Louis, Mauritius from November 7th to 9th, 2023
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PILAC partners with Unwanted Witness: 2nd edition of Privacy Moot Court Competition launched
Unwanted Witness
March 28, 2023
On the 2nd March 2023, Public Interest Law Clinic (PILAC), School of Law (SoL), Makerere University together with Unwanted Witness launched...
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KIU beat Makerere University to win ‘Unwanted Witness privacy Moot’
Unwanted Witness
March 28, 2023
By Isaac Akugizibwe KIU, Main Campus-KIU continued with its imperious performance in legal competitions when they beat Makerere University in...
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The Fight for Privacy Rights: A Moot Court Competition
Unwanted Witness
March 9, 2023
This year’s edition will be held under the theme "Balancing Privacy Rights and National Security: Navigating the Impact of Surveillance Laws on Individual Freedoms."
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Amplified: Empowering Persons with Disabilities through Digital Inclusion Training in Eastern Uganda
Unwanted Witness
March 3, 2023
Amplified project promotes digital inclusion by empowering persons with disabilities with digital skills and knowledge, enabling them to participate fully in the digital economy and society.
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Unwanted Witness and Public Interest Law Clinic, Makerere University-Kampala (PILAC) champion privacy rights among young lawyers in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
March 2, 2023
Unwanted Witness and the Public Interest Law Clinic, Makerere University-Kampala (PILAC) are thrilled to announce the launch of the second edition of the Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition.
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Celebrating the International Safer Internet Day
Unwanted Witness
February 7, 2023
We celebrate International Safer Internet Day, an annual event that aims to raise awareness about the safe and responsible use of the internet.
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Digital Inclusion: Unwanted Witness’ Amplified project is bridging the digital divide among women and persons with disability in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
December 16, 2022
Digital Inclusion: Unwanted Witness’ Amplified project is bridging the digital divide among women and persons with disability in Uganda.
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Harmonization of Data Protection legislation in Africa: Regulators Decry lack of political will
Unwanted Witness
December 5, 2022
African states either have fragmented data protection and privacy policies or none. A harmonized legal framework is still required to ensure the rapid development of a digital economy and the protection of personal data across Africa.
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Privacy Scorecard Report: An Accountability Tool in a Digitised East Africa.
Unwanted Witness
November 4, 2022
NAIROBI 4th November 2022; Today on the grand finale of the Privacy Symposium Africa happening at Strathmore University in Nairobi...
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Privacy Symposium Africa: The Continent’s Fastest-Growing Privacy and Data Protection Platform
Unwanted Witness
November 2, 2022
Bringing together different actors including data protection and privacy regulators will help to shape the best policies in Africa.
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The Inaugural Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot: A week later and going forward, all Participating Law schools won!
Unwanted Witness
October 23, 2022
Last week, we successfully held our two-day inaugural Privacy Moot Court inter-university competition that happened at Makerere University-Uganda on 13-14th...
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Press Release: The inaugural Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition
Unwanted Witness
October 13, 2022
The Moot Competition is part of our long advocacy for safe digital spaces that thrive on a robust legal framework and compliance.
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Privacy Scorecard Report: An accountability tool in a Digitised world
Unwanted Witness
September 7, 2022
As a tool for data accountability and transparency, this year's privacy scorecard report is more exciting, it covers a wider scope of actors in Uganda and Kenya
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Uganda’s Proposed Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022: Freedom of Expression and Participatory at Gunpoint!
Unwanted Witness
August 23, 2022
The clauses in the proposed amendment bill concern fundamental rights like freedom of expression.
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Press Release: Alleged Data Breach/Leak at Uganda Securities Exchange
Unwanted Witness
July 18, 2022
We notified the Personal Data Protection Office in Uganda about the alleged data breach against the Uganda Securities Exchange
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The Privacy Symposium Africa, the continent’s Mkutano
Unwanted Witness
July 6, 2022
Privacy Symposium Africa continuously brings together stakeholders to share their visions and shape data protection and privacy agendas, narrative, and good practices on the African continent.
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Unwanted Witness welcomes a new report published, by the United Nations Special Rapporteur, reaffirming inequalities and injustices caused by mandatory identification systems.
Unwanted Witness
June 25, 2022
Unwanted Witness welcomes a new report published, by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, reaffirming inequalities and injustices caused by mandatory identification systems.
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The 16 percent VAT imposed on Over the Top players in Kenya, is harmful to the growing digital economy
Unwanted Witness
May 24, 2022
Photo by Ed Hardie from Unsplash By Lutaaya Godfrey & Chris Kalema Information Communication Technology is considered a significant and...
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What is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), is it important?
Unwanted Witness
May 4, 2022
Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method that requires the user to provide two or more credentials to gain access to an account.
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Seeding Change: Uganda-based organisation Unwanted Witness on promoting online inclusion of the most vulnerable
Unwanted Witness
April 14, 2022
Lately, a lot of our work to speak truth to power has focused on addressing the human rights concerns of the new digital ID system project. The system clearly shows how technology can exacerbate already existing inequalities among vulnerable communities.
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Inclusive Technologies for Equal Opportunities.
Unwanted Witness
February 24, 2022
By UW Team Digital Technology tools and services have been recently acknowledged as liberating and empowering to the work of...
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Parliament’s failure to regulate surveillance threatens Human Rights in Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
January 26, 2022
Kampala, January 26, 2022, Uganda’s increasing adoption of surveillance technology in public spaces does not correspond with protection safeguards, threatening the...
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Are Ugandan telcos equipped to protect user data?
Unwanted Witness
January 13, 2022
A recent report from Unwanted Witness, a Uganda-based civil society organisation, reveals that two years on from the implementation of Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act, the nation’s tech companies are still struggling with compliance.
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Disparity in the data collection policies of some pan-African firms in Uganda raises privacy concerns
Unwanted Witness
November 17, 2021
Image by Mr_Achraf taken on August 17, 2021. Free to use, no attribution required (CC0) By Nwachukwu Egbunike Unwanted Witness, a Uganda-based...
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Malabo Convention: African Data Regulators call for Action
Unwanted Witness
November 17, 2021
By UW Team At the 3rd Data Privacy Symposium Africa, 2021 held in Kampala, one of the key takeaways from a bevy of...
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First “Privacy Scorecard” Finds Uganda’s Top Data Collectors Struggle with Data Protection and Privacy Compliance
Unwanted Witness
November 6, 2021
Analysis of 32 organizations across seven sectors finds a lack of legal compliance in Uganda, inconsistent practices across Africa, and...
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Privacy Scorecard Report 2021
Moses
November 5, 2021
Click here to download the Privacy Scorecard Report 2021
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Unwanted Witness Launches an Internet Disruption Notification Tool for the Visually Impaired.
Unwanted Witness
September 30, 2021
Kampala, 30th / 09/ 2021; Unwanted Witness has launched the Network Disruption Audio Notifier (NetDAN) tool for visually impaired persons. Network disruptions...
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Register for the Privacy Symposium Africa.
Unwanted Witness
August 26, 2021
Unwanted Witness together with the Ministry of Information Communication Technology and the Personal Data Protection Office Uganda, in partnership with Omidyar Network, Privacy International, and Digital Human Rights Lab is honored to host the 3rd edition of Privacy Symposium Africa 2021.
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Unwanted Witness Announces a New Partner – Omidyar Network
Unwanted Witness
July 6, 2021
We are extremely thrilled to announce our new partnership with Omidyar Network. Omidyar Network is a social change venture that...
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Contribution to policies
Moses
June 14, 2021
Comments on the Data Protection and Privacy Regulations, 2020Submission of Comments on the Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015
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‘Chased Away and Left to Die’: New human rights report finds that Uganda’s national digital ID system leads to mass exclusion
Unwanted Witness
June 8, 2021
Uganda’s national digital ID system, a government showpiece that is of major importance for how individuals in Uganda access their social rights, leads to mass exclusion.
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Ugandan Regulators must enforce compliance with the DPPA 2019
Unwanted Witness
May 6, 2021
By Zaidah Ramathan, Unwanted Witness. May 6, 2021: Ugandan Data regulators urged to enforce compliance with the Data protection and...
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Online Spying Threatening Users
Unwanted Witness
April 16, 2021
The continued arrests and harassment of Ugandans over comments made on the different social media platforms is increasingly worrying the people of Masaka
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How Personal is your Personal Data?
Unwanted Witness
April 15, 2021
The Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019 requires that company’s and organizations whose existence depend on people’s personal data should zealously protect such data in a bid to avoid misuse by third parties.
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Unwanted Witness publish a briefing for election observers on the importance of privacy and data protection in the election cycle.
Unwanted Witness
March 29, 2021
The briefing provides a starting point for discussion on how privacy and data protection can be incorporated into election observation methodology and operationalised in the election observation process
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Injured journalist Ashraf Kasirye allowed to file additional allegations against gov’t
Unwanted Witness
March 18, 2021
The High Court in Kampala has allowed Ghetto TV Journalist Ashraf Kasirye to file new allegations related to human rights violations against the government.
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Court adjourns injured journalist Ashraf Kasirye’s case hearing against State over the absence of Attorney General
Unwanted Witness
March 18, 2021
The High Court Judge in Civil Division Esta Nambayo has adjourned the mentioning of a case in which Ghetto TV journalist Ashraf Kasirye is suing the state for assault meted on him by Police and the army.
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Report: How undemocratic practices limit digital rights enjoyment, proper governance in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
March 18, 2021
Uganda’s internet usage has grown in recent years with over 10 million users. The usage provides a new digital landscape that facilitates the work of human rights defenders, activists, journalists, minority groups and citizens.
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Government urged to scrap OTT
Unwanted Witness
March 14, 2021
Unwanted Witness, a vicil society group in partnership with Future Challenges, Digital Human Rights Lab have urged government to scrap...
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Activists sue govt, seek Covid-19 vaccination for all Ugandans
Unwanted Witness
March 9, 2021
Activists have sued Government, seeking a declaration that the exclusion of Ugandans without National Identification Cards (NIC) from Covid-19 vaccination...
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Covid-19 vaccine: CSOs petition court challenging national ID requirement
Unwanted Witness
March 9, 2021
Allan Sempala Kigozi who is the head of legal at Unwanted Witness states that he knows very well that the access to and replacement of lost national identification cards is already overwhelmed with unnecessary delays and high renewal costs.
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Government sued over ID requirement for Covid-19 jabs
Unwanted Witness
March 9, 2021
KAMPALA- Government has been sued for listing possession of a national identity card as one of the requirements for its...
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Online Violence Against Women: A Call to Action
Unwanted Witness
March 8, 2021
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.
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Privacy wins as Uganda’s data regulator finds data controller unlawfully disclosed data to third-party
Unwanted Witness
February 11, 2021
NITA-U investigation found that SafeBoda’s Data Privacy Policy and Data Protection Policy versions of 2017 and 2019 respectively, were not transparent and failed to provide information on third-party recipients of users’ personal data.
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News Brief: High Court in Uganda sets hearing date for internet shutdown lawsuit
Unwanted Witness
February 5, 2021
In a petition filed on February 12, 2021, the Unwanted Witness wants the court to among other orders, restrain the government of Uganda and internet service providers from future arbitrary and unjustified internet shutdowns
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Unwanted Witness concerned over prolonged social media restriction in Uganda, says VPNs come with a lot of risks
Unwanted Witness
February 5, 2021
According to Chris Kalema, the lead Technologist at Unwanted Witness, the Civil society is concerned about how the prolonged social media restriction is driving Ugandans to use VPNs which come with a lot of data manipulation risks.
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Ugandans cautioned about the dangers of using VPN
Unwanted Witness
February 5, 2021
“Using VPNs in our daily lives creates an addiction but they siphon our data in form of names, addresses to do behavioral analytics for marketing and profiling. This information is transferred to third party users or the makers without the users’ consent”, says Chris Kalema, the Lead Technologist at Unwanted Witness.
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Digital Campaigns cast a shadow on the Privacy rights of Ugandans
Unwanted Witness
January 29, 2021
As we commemorate International Data Privacy Day, the government of Uganda has to expedite the enactment of Data Protection and Privacy regulations for effective enforcement of the Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019
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Privacy, data safety, and trust are eroding in Uganda as government censorship intensifies.
Unwanted Witness
January 28, 2021
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.
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Uganda 2021 General Elections: Internet shutdown and it’s Ripple Effects
Unwanted Witness
January 20, 2021
If Internet shutdowns are used as a blunt-force means of blocking access locally to a specific service or application, access to other unrelated services may also be impacted as collateral damage.
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Biometric Machines Exasperate Voters in Uganda’s 2021 Elections
Unwanted Witness
January 18, 2021
The use of Biometric machines was introduced in the 2016 general elections but the machines largely failed to work and the Electoral Commission (EC) which is the electoral body resorted to manual verification of voters using a voters’ register.
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Blocking social media is a direct attack on democracy in Uganda, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
January 13, 2021
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.
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Legalizing digital technology in Uganda’s electoral process, but are privacy rights and freedoms protected?
Unwanted Witness
January 5, 2021
As the voting day draws closer, government and different political actors are embracing technological tools to provide voter education, monitor and tally election results.
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Unwanted Witness Condemns the Heinous Acts of Violence Against Journalists
Unwanted Witness
December 28, 2020
Unwanted Witness strongly condemns the ongoing odious acts of violence and harassment meted on journalists by security operatives in Uganda.
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Google must disregard the Government of Uganda’s requests intended to silence legitimate dissent
Unwanted Witness
December 18, 2020
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.
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The Inaugural Annual Privacy Scorecard Unveiled
Unwanted Witness
October 30, 2020
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.
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Unwanted Witness Conducts an Online (Facebook Live) debate to demystify Internet-based Violence against Women in Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
October 23, 2020
Kampala, 23rd October 2020; Unwanted Witness has today held an online (Facebook Live) debate on violence against women online, themed...
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Civil society organisation protests UCC online regulations
Unwanted Witness
October 1, 2020
They said the requirement for the application, registration and authorisation threatens free speech and the right to association and assembly....
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Activists Want Court to Prevail over UCC as Deadline to Register Online Broadcasters Nears
Unwanted Witness
September 30, 2020
On September 7, 2020, UCC issued a notice reminding all online data communication and broadcast service providers to apply for authorization or risk being blocked by internet service providers by October 5, 2020.
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Don’t ignore our petition! Unwanted Witness demands quick court action against UCC’s directive on online publishers
Unwanted Witness
September 30, 2020
Unwanted Witness has asked the judiciary not to ignore their petition over the recent regulations issued by the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC)’s on all online data communication and broadcasting service providers.
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Judiciary must prevail over UCC’s Impunity towards freedom of expression, Warns Unwanted Witness.
Unwanted Witness
September 29, 2020
We call upon the Deputy Chief Justice Richard Butera to institute the bench to handle the application for interim injunction.
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Unwanted Witness calls for more civic education ahead of EC’s scientific campaigns
Unwanted Witness
September 24, 2020
Unwanted Witness has asked the Electoral Commission (EC) to double its efforts in civic education if they are to avoid challenges that may come as a result of poor data surveillance in the forthcoming general elections.
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Uganda’s National ID system; an access hindrance to the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE).
Unwanted Witness
September 16, 2020
In June 2010, cabinet approved Expansion of the Social Protection Programme with one of its aims of reducing vulnerability and poverty among the elderly (65+ and 60 years for Karamoja) through the Senior Citizens Grant which provides direct income support of $6.9 (25,000) shillings per month disbursed bi-monthly $13.8 (Ugx. 50,000) to the elderly persons as an enabler to enjoy dignified and respectful lives addressing particular vulnerabilities within their social, political and economic spheres.
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Digital identity verification, authentication and validation in the 2021 election must be transparent warns Unwanted Witness.
Unwanted Witness
September 16, 2020
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.
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Uganda: The Speaker of Parliament Summons ICT minister over concerns raised by Unwanted Witness report about SafeBoda.
Unwanted Witness
August 28, 2020
The speaker of Uganda’s parliament Rebecca A. Kadaga has given the minister of Information, Communication and National Guidance, Judith Nabakooba an ultimatum of three (3) weeks to Study and further investigate data flaw
concerns raised by Unwanted Witness’s report about SafeBoda
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Data exploitation in digital political campaigns and its implication on electoral democracy
Unwanted Witness
August 3, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The last decade has seen an explosion in the use of digital tools in political campaigning. Perceptions have...
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Collection of personally identifiable data threatens National security and human rights: Warns Unwanted Witness
Unwanted Witness
July 28, 2020
Kampala, 28th/07/2020; Unwanted Witness Uganda is deeply concerned about the likely harmful effects of the presidential directive to arbitrary collect...
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Risks to unregulated personal data use and what stakeholders must-do during the 2020/21 electoral process.
Unwanted Witness
July 23, 2020
The upcoming 2021 general election raises concerns of electoral malpractices and uncertainty through the misuse and abuse of personal data...
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Revealed: SafeBoda involved in personal data sharing with third parties, Unwanted Witness report
Unwanted Witness
July 15, 2020
Kampala, 15th/07/2020: Unwanted Witness Uganda has today released a report implicating SafeBoda - a motorcycle transport company that operates in...
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COVID 19 & Elections: Digital Political Campaigns Exclude handicapped Electorates in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
July 9, 2020
By Muyomba Lawrence In the wake to control the spread of COVID-19, the Electoral Commission (EC) issued a revised road...
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Phone tapping could dampen internet growth – Report
Unwanted Witness
July 3, 2020
A new report has called for better laws to police aggressive forms of phone tapping, saying this would preserve the...
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COVID-19: Exposing the hollowness in Uganda’s legal regime towards misinformation management
Unwanted Witness
June 25, 2020
During the first few months of the outbreak, governments around the world focused on managing the spread of COVID-19 misinformation,...
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Surveillance is Prejudicial to Uganda’s Democracy, says Unwanted Witness Report.
Unwanted Witness
June 9, 2020
Kampala, 5th /06/2020; Unwanted Witness Uganda has today released the state of Digital rights report in Uganda 2019, detailing growing...
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Government of Uganda must respect human rights in the use of Surveillance technologies to fight Coronavirus, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
April 22, 2020
Kampala, 22nd/04/2020; Unwanted Witness Uganda has today written a formal letter to the Ministry of Information Communications Technology and National...
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Letter to the Ministry of ICT; calling for the observance of Human Rights in the application of surveillance Technologies to fight COVID-19
Unwanted Witness
April 22, 2020
To: Hon. Bagiire Vincent Waiswa Permanent Secretary Ministry of ICT and National Guidance ICT House, Parliamentary Avenue Cc: Hon Nabakooba...
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Internet Barriers constrain the work of Uganda HRDs amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Unwanted Witness
April 20, 2020
By UW Team Human Rights Defenders in Uganda are not exceptional, amidst the health crisis and subsequent containment measures, the...
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COVID-19: Uganda Internet Service Providers join the battle, but key concerns remain
By Lawrence Muyomba At least by April 2, 180 countries globally have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus since it...
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Biometric users must protect people from COVID-19 virus.
Unwanted Witness
March 25, 2020
The World Health Organization and state authorities are encouraging frequent hand washing and practicing social distancing, among other preventive measures...
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News Brief: UCC tightens social media censorship as Uganda registers first case of COVID19.
Unwanted Witness
March 23, 2020
Kampala, March 23rd, 2020; After registering a COVID- 19 case in Uganda, the country’s telecommunications regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)...
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Speaker Kadaga Commends Unwanted Witness Over The National Id Research
Unwanted Witness
March 3, 2020
By Florence Nabukeera On 2nd March 2020, a six-member delegation from Unwanted Witness constituting two aggrieved citizens, excluded by the...
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One Year On, What Has Uganda’s Data Protection Law Changed?
Unwanted Witness
February 25, 2020
Today marks exactly one year since Uganda passed its data protection law, becoming the first East African country to recognize...
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ARINDA NSHEEKA: My kidnap ordeal, mysterious release
Unwanted Witness
February 19, 2020
On a fateful day of February 14, 2020, I was standing at Highland Stage waiting for a taxi to take...
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Uganda’s ID system breeding Automated Exclusion
Unwanted Witness
February 3, 2020
From the right; Hon. Meddie Mulumba, Dorothy Mukasa, Bob Kirenga Gilbert Kadilo and Lawrence Muyomba during the launch of the...
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Surveillance, censorship threaten Internet freedom and Democracy in Uganda, says Unwanted Witness
Unwanted Witness
January 18, 2020
President Museveni in the command centre during the launch of the CCTV Camera command centre at Nateete Police Station Kampala...
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An Open Letter To Google
Unwanted Witness
January 8, 2020
An Open Letter To Google Dear Mr. Pichai,We, the undersigned, agree with you: privacy cannot be a luxury offered only...
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Trading Privacy For Cheap Transport System
Unwanted Witness
December 23, 2019
Trading Privacy For a Cheap Transport System Your personal data is a ripe resource for apps and services to harvest...
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Police’s Mandatory access to personal data from hotels constitutes a data breach, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
December 23, 2019
Kampala 28/Oct/2019, The Unwanted Witness is dismayed by a police resolution of mandatory daily access of all personal data belonging...
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Ratify the Malabo Convention, a call to Government of Uganda as we mark the Human Rights Day, 2019
Unwanted Witness
December 10, 2019
Ratify the Malabo Convention, a call to Government of Uganda as we mark the Human Rights Day, 2019 Kampala, 10TH/Dec/2019,...
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Cisco Releases Security Updates
Unwanted Witness
November 11, 2019
Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Cisco products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to...
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Police’s Mandatory access to personal data from hotels constitutes a data breach, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
October 28, 2019
Kampala 28/Oct/2019, The Unwanted Witness is dismayed by a police resolution of mandatory daily access of all personal data belonging...
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CONVICTED: Stella Nyanzi’s 305 days of Sacrificing for Internet Freedom
Unwanted Witness
August 1, 2019
It is now approximately 305 days since former Makerere University researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi was detention at Luzira prison for...
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Open Letter to the Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda
Rt Hon. Speaker, Unwanted Witness Uganda is a non-partisan and non-profit Organization working towards the intersect between new technology and...
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Discriminated by the Digital Identity Ecosystem.
Unwanted Witness
July 29, 2019
The 23-year-old Janet is a mother of two children and operates a mobile phone shop in Uganda’s capital, Kampala for...
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News Brief: Social Media policing: Professional body orders Human Rights Lawyer to remove Facebook post.
Unwanted Witness
July 19, 2019
Kampala, July 19th, 2019; Uganda Law Society (ULS) has assumed the role of online content regulation after ordering one of...
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News Brief: Computer Misuse Petition is set for final hearing.
Unwanted Witness
July 16, 2019
Kampala, July 16th, 2019; Today Unwanted Witness’ lawyers, Rwakafuuzi and Company Advocates and the Attorney General have adopted the conferencing...
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The Computer Misuse Act: Uganda’s redundant law but the state’s tool for online repression
Unwanted Witness
July 15, 2019
Evangelist Joseph Kabuleta’s incarceration for allegedly insulting members of the family once more reminded Ugandans of a legislation that is...
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Statement: Monitoring of Social Networks by Uganda Police threatens rights
Unwanted Witness
July 15, 2019
Kampala, 15th/07/2019; the Unwanted Witness Uganda is concerned about Uganda Police Force’s intensified unlawful surveillance of social networks resulting into...
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News Brief: Uganda police detains and charges a website Developer with defamation.
Unwanted Witness
June 19, 2019
Kampala, June 19th, 2019; The Electronic Counter Measures Unit of the Uganda police on June 18, arrested and detained a...
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The Unwanted Witness Petitions Uganda Communications Commission over weak policies and Terms of Service for voice and data service providers in Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
June 12, 2019
Kampala 12/June/2019, the Unwanted Witness petitioned the telecommunication regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) calling for an immediate investigation into the...
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Huawei’s Low cost Technologies outstrip Human Rights in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
May 27, 2019
By Richard Walusimbi While Chinese telecom giant Huawei is being crippled by the Donald Trump administration, in Uganda and...
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What WhatsApp’s Vulnerability Means To Uganda
Unwanted Witness
May 15, 2019
May/15TH /2019 Unwanted Witness has noticed a report done by CNN therein detailing how WhatsApp has been penetrated by hackers...
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Unwanted Witness-Uganda Granted NGO Observer Status before the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights.
Unwanted Witness
May 6, 2019
Unwanted Witness-Uganda, warmly welcomes her new position as a member of the NGO observer at the African Commission on Human...
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Uganda’s CCTV Surveillance system: Is it about stemming crime or Violating Rights?
Unwanted Witness
April 29, 2019
As things stand now at least every major road in Uganda’s capital Kampala has a CCTV camera installed. The system...
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Stella Nyanzi Trial Brings To Fore Government’s Infinite Access To Personal Data.
Unwanted Witness
April 24, 2019
Have you ever imagined that personal information you deposited with your education institution, employer, financial institution, telecom service provider or...
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Uganda’s judicial system: Virtual courts are here but no laws to regulate them
DERRICK KIYONGA The video conferencing system between Buganda Road court and Luzira maximum prison was on Monday in a grandeur...
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Unwanted Witness Petition Challenging UCC’s Directive For Mandatory Registration Of Online Publications
Download your copy of our petition challenging UCC's directive to have Online Publishers registered by clicking on the link below....
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Unwanted Witness Petitions Court Over Online Licenses
Unwanted Witness
March 26, 2019
Unwanted Witness Uganda has filed a petition in the Constitutional Court therein challenging the Uganda Communication commission‘s (UCC) directive requiring...
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Facial recognition Systems: Ugandan women Wary
Unwanted Witness
March 8, 2019
It’s approximately seven months ever since Uganda launched its multi-billion facial recognition surveillance system but generally women don’t feel comfortable...
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Unwanted Witness Welcomes Uganda’s Data protection law, Calls for enforceable regulations
Unwanted Witness
March 1, 2019
Kampala, 1st/03/2019; Unwanted Witness welcomes the move by President Yoweri Museveni to assent onto the much needed Data protection and...
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High Court Sets Judgement date for Internet Shutdown.
Unwanted Witness
February 25, 2019
High court Judge Andrew Bashaija has fixed June 28 th 2019 to deliver judgment on a matter in which Unwanted...
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Unite: Digital Rights advocates advised ; Digital Rights Workshop By Unwanted Witness In Partnership With Article 19
Unwanted Witness
February 23, 2019
Forming a united front through forming partnerships among a cross-section of entities that advocate for digital rights in Uganda has...
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Stop Persecution of online journalists, says Unwanted Witness.
Unwanted Witness
February 11, 2019
Unwanted Witness Uganda is calling to an end Police’s harassment and persecution of Independent online journalists in the country, which...
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Social Media Tax : Are Human Rights Winning?
Unwanted Witness
January 30, 2019
When the Ugandan government was introducing social media tax last year, it had two intentions as laid out by President...
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Attorney General given one-month ultimatum in the Anti- Computer Misuse Act Petition
Unwanted Witness
January 24, 2019
Two years after Unwanted Witness filed a petition in the constitutional court that seeks to annul Section 25 of the...
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The state of Digital Rights in Uganda. Repression on the internet sprouted in 2018
Unwanted Witness
January 18, 2019
The state of Digital Rights in Uganda. Repression on the internet sprouted in 2018
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Uganda’s Mass Surveillance at odds with Human Rights Standards, says Unwanted Witness.
Unwanted Witness
December 10, 2018
Kampala, 10th/12/2018; As Uganda joins the rest of the world to Commemorate the International Human Rights Day, Unwanted Witness is...
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Unwanted Witness Welcomes Parliament’s move to Pass the Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015.
Unwanted Witness
December 7, 2018
The Unwanted Witness Uganda is welcoming efforts by the parliament of Uganda to pass the long awaited Data Protection and...
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The Rise of Data Exploitation by Uganda’s Telecom Companies.
Unwanted Witness
December 4, 2018
The unbridled collection and retention of personal data in Uganda’s telecommunication sector began in 2013 with the mandatory SIM Card...
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Attorney General snubs court at the conferencing of the cyber law petition
Unwanted Witness
November 29, 2018
Kampala, 29th/11/2018; Court registrar has today adjourned conferencing at a constitutional petition No. 15 and 16 of 2017 in which...
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Ailing Judge Fails To Review Internet Shut-Down Case
Unwanted Witness
November 12, 2018
Kampala, November 12th, 2018; The High Court review for the Internet Shut-down case filed by the Unwanted Witness has today...
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Uganda’s facial recognition technology threatens Privacy
Unwanted Witness
November 7, 2018
The Unwanted Witness Uganda is concerned that the new unregulated facial recognition technology in Uganda is not only violating privacy...
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Unwanted Witness is back in Court challenging Internet shut-down.
Unwanted Witness
November 7, 2018
The Unwanted Witness argues the Government of Uganda to stick to the established laws and international requirements by respecting internet...
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Privacy, Digital Rights and Safety: How Safe Is the Information You Exchange Online?
Unwanted Witness
November 7, 2018
The internet has become part of our lives and communication could not be any easier in this information driven era....
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Ugandan Security Agencies Must Desist From Curtailing Internet Freedom
Unwanted Witness
August 28, 2018
Kampala; 28th August, 2018; Unwanted Witness-Uganda, is deeply concerned by the repetitive threats being issued by different security agencies targeting...
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UN Council Reaffirms Online Rights and Freedoms
Unwanted Witness
August 17, 2018
Kampala, 17th /08/2018; The Unwanted Witness Uganda welcomes the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution reaffirming partner states’ obligations towards...
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Chinese Firm Supplies 900 Surveillance Cameras to Uganda.
Unwanted Witness
August 5, 2018
Kampala, August 3rd, 2018; A Chinese technology firm, Huawei has supplied 900 surveillance CCTV cameras to Uganda government out of...
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Cyber Laws Cloaked under National Security have created fertile ground for arbitrary violation of Internet Freedom.
Unwanted Witness
July 31, 2018
Kampala, 31st/07/2018; A new report by Unwanted Witness Uganda is raising concerns about the increased enactment and application of restrictive...
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Ucc’s Ban On Airtme Scratch Cards Threatens Free Access To Information
Kampala, July 24th 2018; Ugandan media is a washed with concerns of scratch card phase out as the deadline of...
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Uganda – High Court Sets Hearing date for a petition challenging clamp on online Publishers.
Unwanted Witness
July 3, 2018
Kampala, July 3rd, 2018; High court in Uganda has set September 24th 2018 as hearing date for a petition challenging...
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President Museveni’s Unlawful Surveillance Plot Will Endanger More Lives.
Unwanted Witness
June 22, 2018
Kampala, 21/06/2018; Unwanted Witness Uganda is concerned about President Yoweri Museveni’s new surveillance plan without a comprehensive data protection law,...
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Uwanted Witness drags UCC to Court over regulations on Online publishers.
Unwanted Witness
June 8, 2018
Unwanted Witness Uganda sues Ugandan Communication Commission, seeks to uphold Freedom of expression and privacy for Online publishers. Kampala,...
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Online Publishers Petition
Unwanted Witness
June 8, 2018
View or download full petition here... UCC PETITON
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Uganda’s Internet Access and connectivity verses Social Media Tax.
Unwanted Witness
May 31, 2018
Uganda government’s taxing syndrome has hit social media users with an introduction of a daily levy of UGX 200 an...
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Civil Rights Defenders To Unwanted Witness
Unwanted Witness
May 18, 2018
Innovation Initiative By Civil Rights Defenders May 17 Meet our partner; Unwanted Witness Uganda, located mid-east on the African continent, boasts...
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Internet Freedoms and Right to Privacy; targeted as Ucc directs blockage to unregistered online publishers
Unwanted Witness
April 27, 2018
Kampala, 27th/04/2018; the Unwanted Witness Uganda is saddened by the apparent illegal efforts to curtail online freedoms through surveillance and...
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Impact of the Anti Terrorism Act Implementation to the Enjoyment of the Right to Privacy.
Unwanted Witness
March 29, 2018
INTRODUCTION The Ugandan government is one of the several countries in Africa, which has vocally sought to respond to...
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Uganda Telecom Operators To Obtain Users’ Biometrics And Photo For SIM Re-registration.
Unwanted Witness
March 27, 2018
Kampala, March 27th, 2018; Uganda Communication Commission Executive Director Godfrey Mutabazi has issued fresh guidelines for SIM card acquisition in...
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Ugandan Parliament rejects Government’s Shs 61b Budget request to procure CCTV Cameras and Online registration System.
Unwanted Witness
March 23, 2018
Kampala, March 22nd, 2018; Parliamentary Committee on Budget has rejected Government’s supplementary budget request of Shs61b (approximately $219,600) meant to...
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UCC’s directives are illegal and do not cure the existing capacity and legal gaps in telecom regulation and data protection
Unwanted Witness
March 12, 2018
Kampala, March 12th, 2018; Unwanted Witness Uganda condemns the illegal directives issued by Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) that are meant...
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Unwanted Witness Condemns the Use of Mobile Phones to commit Crime and Calls for Dialogue among Stakeholders.
Unwanted Witness
March 1, 2018
Unwanted Witness Condemns the Use of Mobile Phones to commit Crime and Calls for Dialogue among Stakeholders. Kampala, 1st/03/2018; the...
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UCC Must Be Held Liable For Compromising Citizens’ Anonymous Communication Leading To Increasing SIM Card Hacking In The Country, Says Unwanted Witness
Unwanted Witness
February 16, 2018
Kampala, 16th/02/2018; the Unwanted Witness Uganda wants Uganda Communication Commission to account for the increasing SIM Card hacking currently being...
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Submission of Comments on the Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015
Unwanted Witness
February 9, 2018
Submission of Comments on the Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015
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Uganda Parliament Invites Public Submissions on the Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015
Unwanted Witness
February 7, 2018
Kampala, February 7th, 2018; Parliament of Uganda has finally opened up to the public to submit their views on the...
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Uganda’s Legislative Body Is To Amend Rules To Enable Online Debate
Unwanted Witness
January 31, 2018
Kampala, January 31st, 2018; Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the house’s rules committee to amend Parliament’s...
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Uganda’s Internet is increasingly getting controlled and criminalized; Over 25 Internet users are on trial for online expression.
Unwanted Witness
January 18, 2018
Kampala, 18th January 2018, As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate Internet Freedom Day; Unwanted Witness is...
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Uganda Communication Commission sets up mobile phone monitoring system.
Unwanted Witness
January 9, 2018
Kampala, January 9th, 2018; Unwanted Witness Uganda has confirmed that the country’s telecommunication regulator, UCC has set up an automatic...
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Uganda Police Develops a Crime Monitoring System
Unwanted Witness
December 15, 2017
The Uganda police force has developed a digital crime management system to facilitate crime monitoring in the country. The system...
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Unlawful SIM Card Validation Exercise Is A Threat To Anonymity And Privacy
Unwanted Witness
December 12, 2017
INTRODUCTION The Uganda government through its agencies has for years focused on curtailing expression platforms such as assemblies and the...
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Unwanted Witness Condemns Security’s Forceful Acquisition of Computer, Phone and email Passwords of Detained Journalists.
Unwanted Witness
November 28, 2017
Kampala 28/November/2017, the Unwanted Witness Uganda condemns security agencies’ illegal acquisition of communication passwords for detained Red Pepper directors and...
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Ugandan Police Criminalizes Digital Gadgets In A Siege
Unwanted Witness
November 21, 2017
Ugandan Police has seized off Red Pepper premises today and confiscated laptops, CPUs, staff mobile phones, desktop computers and accessories....
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HOW ONE OF APPLE’S KEY PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS FALLS SHORT
Unwanted Witness
November 8, 2017
Originally posted at Wired FOR THE PAST year, Apple has touted a mathematical tool that it describes as a solution to a paradoxical...
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Unwanted Witness demands that UCC Outcomes of MTN Uganda’s Review process public.
Unwanted Witness
October 27, 2017
Kampala 27/October/2017, the Unwanted Witness Uganda commends the telecommunication regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) for involving consumers during MTN Uganda’s...
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Unwanted Witness-Uganda Condemns Government’s Open Surveillance Which is an Infringement on Citizens’ Privacy.
Unwanted Witness
September 22, 2017
Kampala; 22nd September, 2017; Unwanted Witness-Uganda, is deeply troubled by the extreme invasion of both personal and institutional data and...
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UCC’s Internet censorship Letter is intended to kill the Internet,
Unwanted Witness
September 15, 2017
Kampala, September 15th, 2017; Unwanted Witness Uganda is concerned about an orchestrated move by the telecommunications regulator, Uganda Communications Commission...
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UCC Threatens Social Media users As Constitutional Age Limit Debate goes online.
Unwanted Witness
September 15, 2017
Kampala, September 15th, 2017; Uganda’s telecommunications regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has directed social media account managers and administrators to...
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The systematic Trend by Uganda Government to Conduct Open Online Surveillance is Alarming
Unwanted Witness
August 31, 2017
Kampala, 31st/August/2017; Unwanted Witness Uganda is concerned about government’s increased investment in procuring surveillance equipment's to conduct open surveillance on...
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MTN Subscribers to be deactivated before the deadline
Unwanted Witness
August 25, 2017
MTN Subscribers to be deactivated before the deadline as over 4million SIM Cards face Deactivation. Come mid night on 30th...
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MPs on the ICT committee disagree over SIM deactivation as deadline roams.
Unwanted Witness
August 22, 2017
Members of Parliament sitting on the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) committee have sharply disagreed on whether or not the...
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The European Union’s new data privacy rules will make companies worldwide clean up their online security.
Unwanted Witness
August 7, 2017
Sweeping reforms are set to take charge of European consumers’ online privacy and data concerns next spring, but the impact...
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Conducting uncensored surveillance on Ugandans by Chinese’ violates International privacy standards.
Unwanted Witness
July 27, 2017
Kampala, 27th/07/2017; Unwanted Witness Uganda is appealing to the Chinese government to reconsider its support to government of Uganda geared...
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Court Adjourns Dr. Nyanzi’s case
Unwanted Witness
July 21, 2017
Kampala, July 21st, 2017; Buganda road court Chief Magistrate Eremye Mawanda has adjourned hearing of case in which Makerere University...
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Unwanted Witness condemns the use of CCTV Cameras by Hotels to infringe on clients’ privacy.
Unwanted Witness
July 20, 2017
Kampala, 20th July 2017, Unwanted Witness Uganda is saddened by the emerging practice by club proprietors to misuse private information...
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Social Media Users Receive Threatening Messages on the Ragging Presidential Age Limit Debate.
Unwanted Witness
July 7, 2017
Kampala, 7th/July/2017; Information reaching the Unwanted Witness-Uganda indicates that unknown individuals are issuing threats targeting social media users who are...
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Court Stays offensive Communication trial for online activist pending a constitutional petition.
Unwanted Witness
July 3, 2017
Kampala, July 3rd, 2017; Buganda road court magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has today stayed hearing of the offensive communication case in...
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Unwanted Witness Condemns the criminal use of citizens’ bio data & calls on gov’t to formulate safeguards to protect lives and property.
Unwanted Witness
June 26, 2017
Kampala, 26th/06/2017; the Unwanted Witness Uganda is saddened by the continuous sharing of Ugandans’ bio data with private telecom companies...
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Relief for Activist Nyanzi As Court Delays Her Mental Test Bail
Unwanted Witness
June 20, 2017
Kampala, 20th June 2017; Dr Stella Nyanzi, a research fellow at Makerere University received temporary relief following a bid by...
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Unwanted Witness and 22 international organisations petition Mali Presidency over internet shutdown.
Unwanted Witness
June 20, 2017
Kampala, 20th/06/2017; the Unwanted Witness Uganda together with 22 International Organisations have delivered a joint open letter to Mali president...
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Hearing of Dr Stella Nyanzi’s Application Adjourned Over State’s Unpreparedness
Unwanted Witness
June 7, 2017
Kampala, 7th, June 2017; Buganda road court has today adjourned its ruling of an application in which Dr Stella Nyanzi,...
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Unwanted Witness Uganda calls for Investigation of ICT Minister to protect Parliament’s oversight mandate.
Unwanted Witness
May 23, 2017
Kampala, 23rd/05/2017; the Unwanted Witness-Uganda is calling for an independent investigation into the misconduct and behavior of the minister for Information Communication Technology...
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Court Adjourns social media shutdown lawsuit.
Unwanted Witness
May 22, 2017
Kampala, May 22nd, 2017; High Court in Kampala has today adjourned hearing of the social media suit filed by Unwanted...
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Government Orders Telecom Companies to Switch-off Unregistered Sim Cards
Unwanted Witness
May 19, 2017
Kampala, 19th May 2017; Government has directed all telecom companies operating in Uganda to implement its directive to switch-off all...
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2017 Affordability Drivers Index Report
Unwanted Witness
May 12, 2017
The 2017 Affordability Report explores the policy progress made across 58 low- and middle-income countries. According to the report it...
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Dr Stella Nyanzi Granted Bail
Unwanted Witness
May 10, 2017
Kampala, 10, May 2017; Dr Stella Nyanzi, a research fellow at Makerere University, who has spent 33 days on remand...
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Government’s intensified surveillance plot threatens civil liberties, says Unwanted Witness
Unwanted Witness
May 4, 2017
Kampala, 4th/05/2017; The Unwanted Witness Uganda is opposed to government’s intensified surveillance scam without regulations to deter misuse and abuse...
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The World’s Largest Biometric Database is Leaking Indian Citizens’ Data — But Keeps On Growing
Unwanted Witness
May 4, 2017
Global Voices Over the last few months, the Indian twittersphere has been awash with citizens concerned about government websites leaking millions...
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Fiery Judge Puts MUK researcher’s Three Lawyers On Heels; Allots Them Five Minutes To Make Argument For Two Applications
Unwanted Witness
April 26, 2017
Kampala, 26, April, 2017; High Court Judge Elizabeth Kabanda gave three lawyers representing Dr Stella Nyanzi, a research fellow at...
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Uganda Communications Commission Act
Unwanted Witness
April 25, 2017
Download full petition here... Uganda Communications Commission Act Petition
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Computer Misuse Act Section 25 Petition
Unwanted Witness
April 20, 2017
View or Download full petition here... computer misuse act sec 25
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Government Hinds to civic pressure extends SIM Card Validation to 19th May 2017.
Unwanted Witness
April 19, 2017
Kampala, 19th April 2017; Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has directed telecom regulator, Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) to extend SIM...
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Sharing Citizens’ Biometric data from National ID with telecom companies is intended to seal a plot for mass surveillance,
Unwanted Witness
April 19, 2017
Press release; Sharing Citizens’ Biometric data from National ID with telecom companies is intended to seal a plot for mass...
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Dr Stella Nyanzi Remanded to Luzira Maximum Prison
Unwanted Witness
April 10, 2017
Dr Stella Nnyanzi, a research fellow at Makerere University has been remanded to Luzira Maximum prison after pleading not guilty...
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Journalist Kidnapped and forced to delete her Facebook posts.
Unwanted Witness
April 10, 2017
A Ugandan journalist, Gertrude Tumusiime Uwitware was on Saturday 8th April 2017 kidnapped on gun point taken to unknown location...
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UCC Act compromises further the regulator’s independence
Unwanted Witness
April 10, 2017
Passed amendment to UCC Act narrows space for freedom of expression both online and offline and compromises further the regulator’s...
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Uganda’s Spear News pulled down
Unwanted Witness
April 8, 2017
A Ugandan online news publication, Spear News www.thespearnews.com has today morning been pulled down by unknown people. The publication has...
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Parliament oversight role over Uganda Communication Commission scrapped off.
Unwanted Witness
April 7, 2017
Kampala, 7th/April/2017; Parliament of Uganda yesterday, 6th April 2017, endorsed government amendments to the Uganda Communications amendment bill 2016, scrapping...
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Government Loses Key Clause as Parliament Passes the Anti-terrorism (Amendment Bill 2017)
Unwanted Witness
April 6, 2017
Kampala, 6th April 2017; Government has lost out on its key provision in the newly passed Anti-Terrorism (Amendment Bill 2017)...
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Journalist receives death threats for supporting Nyanzi’s critical views
Unwanted Witness
April 6, 2017
Ugandan journalist receives death threats for supporting Nyanzi’s critical views against first lady Janet Museveni Kampala, 6/April/2017; Information reaching Unwanted...
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Sharing of the national identity card database with private telecoms is prone to abuse/misuse.
Unwanted Witness
April 4, 2017
Kampala, 4th/04/2017; Unwanted Witness Uganda is greatly concerned by the recent move made by the government through its agencies to...
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EU to propose new rules targeting encrypted apps in June
Unwanted Witness
April 4, 2017
The European Commission will propose new measures in June to make it easier for police to access data on internet...
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Article 19 Joins Unwanted Witness onto social media shutdown lawsuit.
Unwanted Witness
March 31, 2017
High Court judge Waswa Basaza has today admitted Article 19 as an Amicus curie to the social media shutdown case...
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Enforcing SIM Card registration by Uganda’s regulator endangers citizens
Unwanted Witness
March 29, 2017
Press release; Enforcing SIM Card registration by Uganda’s regulator endangers citizens’ right to Anonymity, privacy and freedom of expression, says...
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Post effects of #AIGPKaweesi Murder; citizens’ enjoyment of fundamental freedoms at the blink of degeneration
Unwanted Witness
March 20, 2017
Kampala, 20th/03/2017; as the country continues to mourn the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and his juniors; the Unwanted...
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President Museveni’s directive to roll out SPY cameras without an enabling law will endanger more lives
Unwanted Witness
March 17, 2017
Kampala, 17th/03/2017; the Unwanted Witness Uganda is dismayed by president Museveni’s directive to install SPY cameras on major towns and...
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Three challenges for the web, according to its inventor
Unwanted Witness
March 16, 2017
Originally posted by Web Foundation Today marks 28 years since I submitted my original proposal for the world wide web. I imagined...
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Ugandan social media activist’s legal team insists on constitutional interpretation
Unwanted Witness
March 16, 2017
Social media activist Swaibu Nsamba Gwogyolonga has through his attorney Martin Masiga of Rwakafuzi & Co. Advocates, insisted on having...
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Court sets hearing date for social media shutdown lawsuit.
Unwanted Witness
March 10, 2017
Kampala, March 10th, 2017; High Court in Kampala has set May 22, 2017 as hearing date for an application in...
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Unwanted Witness petitions speaker of Parliament over amendments to the Communications Act.
Unwanted Witness
March 2, 2017
Kampala, 2/March/2017; Unwanted Witness and Center for Law and Development, have petitioned the speaker of Parliament, Hon. Rebecca Kadaga challenging...
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Anti Terrorism Petition
Unwanted Witness
February 13, 2017
View or download full petition here... Anti-terrorism-petition
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Uganda’s poor human rights record negatively impacts on Kampala lawyer’s law suit in Ireland
Unwanted Witness
February 10, 2017
Several reports published by both national and international rights groups have for years put Uganda government on spot for her...
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GoU Tables Amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2002 (as amended 2015).
Unwanted Witness
February 3, 2017
Kampala, 3rd /February/2017; Barely in less than two years, Ugandan government is seeking to amend the Anti-terrorism act, 2015. The...
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Uganda Police unleashes new method of spying
Unwanted Witness
January 30, 2017
Kampala, 30th January 2017; Uganda Police has launched a “Crime Preventers” app targeting and tracking Internet users real time particularly...
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UG’s Most threatening Cyber laws to FOE & Privacy online named
Unwanted Witness
January 18, 2017
Kampala, 18th/January/2017, As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate international Internet freedom day, Unwanted Witness has named...
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Online activist gets Bail as Prosecution parades two witnesses.
Unwanted Witness
January 3, 2017
Kampala, January 3rd, 2017; Buganda road court magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has granted a 50m shillings none cash bail to Swaibu Nsamba Gwogyolonga who has spent over two weeks on remand at Luzira prison. Nsamba is being charged...
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HRDs in Uganda fear for Govt’s persecution as a result of state secret surveillance
Unwanted Witness
December 26, 2016
Kampala, 26/12/2016; Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Uganda’s capital, Kampala have expressed fear that Ugandan government is likely to retaliate...
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Court charges an online activist with libel and offensive communication, remanded to prison.
Unwanted Witness
December 19, 2016
Kampala, December 19th, 2016; Buganda road court magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has today remanded Swaibu Nsamba Gwogyolonga to Luzira prison after...
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Modify the Data Protection & Privacy Bill, 2015 to make provision for an independent Data Protection Commission – Unwanted Witness Legal Analysis Report.
Unwanted Witness
December 16, 2016
Kampala, 15th/12/2016; The Unwanted Witness and Cluster for Privacy in Uganda welcomes the development of the Data Protection Bill, 2015...
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Nebbi Blogger is receiving life-threatening messages
Unwanted Witness
December 14, 2016
Nebbi, 14th/December/2016; information reaching the Unwanted Witness indicates that the leadership of Nebbi Diocese Church of Uganda is threatening a...
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Police Confiscates mobile phone, arrest and detain activist over a Facebook post.
Unwanted Witness
December 14, 2016
Updated:December 15th, 2016 CID Extends activist’s Bond.The Criminal Investigation Department of Kibuli, Kampala has extended the police bond for Swaibu Nsamba...
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Gov’t in the Spotlight over limiting Internet Freedom
Unwanted Witness
December 13, 2016
"The state under which institutions operate particularly the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) at the moment, puts it in a situation that...
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International H/Rights Day 2016; Why GOU is criminalising the Internet?
Unwanted Witness
December 10, 2016
During early years of internet penetration in Uganda, many if not all Ugandans who had access to the internet by...
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Fighting for Freedom of Speech in Uganda – The Untold Story
Unwanted Witness
December 9, 2016
Originally published by CRD During the last decade, several laws that impinge on Internet freedom have been adopted in Uganda....
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African commission on Human & people’s rights upholds freedom of expression & information on the Internet
Unwanted Witness
December 9, 2016
Unwanted Witness Uganda welcomes a resolution by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for Upholding the Right to Freedom of Information and Expression...
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Ugandan Journalist faces Death as punishment for social media posting.
Unwanted Witness
December 1, 2016
Kasese, November 1st, 2016; A Ugandan Journalist working with KTN based in Kenya, Joy Doreen Biira and four others are...
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Unwanted Witness Uganda Demands for Unconditional Release of the KTN Journalist.
Unwanted Witness
November 28, 2016
Kasese, 28th /November/2016, Unwanted Witness is dismayed by the arbitrary arrest of journalist Joy Doreen Biira over social media posts...
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Journalist arrested over publishing photos of a burning palace online.
Unwanted Witness
November 28, 2016
Kasese, November 28th, 2016; Police in Kasese has arrested a journalist working for KTN based in Kenya for allegedly sharing...
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Unwanted Witness Uganda sues Ugandan government, seeks a Permanent Injunction against Internet Blockage.
Unwanted Witness
November 25, 2016
Kampala, 25th /November/2016, For the first time in the history of Uganda, the Uganda government and Internet Service Providers have...
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Unwanted Witness Sues Uganda Government and 8 ISPs over illegal Internet Disruption
Unwanted Witness
November 23, 2016
Kampala November 23rd, 2016; Unwanted Witness Uganda has sued Ugandan government and 8 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for violating citizens’...
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Facebook’s Free Basics Is an African Dictator’s Dream
Unwanted Witness
November 2, 2016
The tech giant’s no-frills app gives governments a version of the internet they can influence, if not totally control. NAIROBI...
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The Report on the Economic Impact of Internet Shutdown is Commendable, Says UW
Unwanted Witness
November 1, 2016
Kampala, 1st/November/2016, Unwanted Witness Uganda commends the center for technology at Brookings for its research on the economic impact of...
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Activists query free government internet, demand data protection law
Unwanted Witness
October 5, 2016
By Daily Monitor In Summary Mr Wokulira Ssebaggala, the chief executive officer of Unwanted Witness-Uganda, a communication rights organization, said...
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Parliament should urgently pass the Privacy and Data Protection Bill, 2015 to protect citizens’ personal info
Unwanted Witness
October 3, 2016
Parliament should urgently pass the Privacy and Data Protection Bill, 2015 to protect citizens’ personal information being targeted by both...
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Internet Shutdown Petition
Unwanted Witness
September 29, 2016
View and download full Petition. Internet shutdown
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Free Internet in Kampala & Entebbe could be a move to target government critics
Unwanted Witness
September 22, 2016
Kampala, 22nd /September/2016; the Unwanted Witness welcomes the first ever-free Internet in Uganda however, concerned about the narrowing civic space...
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WhatsApp users to receive adverts
Unwanted Witness
August 26, 2016
WhatsApp says it will begin sharing more data with Facebook and will start letting some companies send messages to users....
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Apple tackles iPhone one-tap spyware flaws
Unwanted Witness
August 26, 2016
Flaws in Apple's iOS operating system have been discovered that made it possible to install spyware on a target's device...
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Word Games: What the NSA Means by “Targeted” Surveillance Under Section 702
Unwanted Witness
August 26, 2016
We all know that the NSA uses word games to hide and downplay its activities. Words like "collect," "conversations," "communications," and even...
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With Windows 10, Microsoft Blatantly Disregards User Choice and Privacy: A Deep Dive
Unwanted Witness
August 26, 2016
Microsoft had an ambitious goal with the launch of Windows 10: a billion devices running the software by the end of...
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White House LGBTQ Tech and Innovation Briefing addresses national issues
Unwanted Witness
August 25, 2016
The country faces a plethora of issues that affect millions of people every day. Although there has been some progress as...
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Government should invest in expanding the Internet coverage and speed before taxation,
Unwanted Witness
August 16, 2016
Kampala 16th August 2016; the Unwanted Witness Uganda and the Digital Empowerment Initiative for Eastern Africa want government to focus...
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Ugandan Government Proposes a New Tax on data.
Unwanted Witness
August 12, 2016
Kampala, 12th/August/2016; information reaching the Unwanted Witness indicates that Uganda’s tax body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is introducing a levy...
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New online tool reveals how the global surveillance industry is watching you
Unwanted Witness
August 4, 2016
The global surveillance industry is a monstrous thing. Repressive regimes are now routinely acquiring powerful surveillance technology from private firms...
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Research shows deleted WhatsApp messages aren’t actually deleted
Unwanted Witness
August 1, 2016
Chat logs from WhatsApp linger on your phone even after you’ve deleted them, according to new research published by iOS...
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End-to-end encryption: What does the government really want to do about it?
Unwanted Witness
July 28, 2016
The UK government's message about the use of end-to-end encryption still remains deeply unclear. The government's controversial web surveillance legislation...
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UCC must investigate widespread claims of fraudulent charges by Telecom Companies.
Unwanted Witness
July 18, 2016
Kampala, 18TH/July/2016, Unwanted witness Uganda has petitioned Uganda’s telecom regulator, Uganda communications commission (UCC) calling for an urgent investigation into...
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Nivdort: Data-Stealing Trojan Arrives via Spam
Unwanted Witness
July 15, 2016
Originally posted by McAfee During the past couple of weeks, McAfee Labs has observed a huge increase in spam related to...
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UN Condemns Internet Shutdowns.
Unwanted Witness
July 1, 2016
Geneva, 1st/July/2016, the United Nations Human Rights Council has unanimous condemned Internet shutdowns which occurred in Uganda during 2016 general...
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion & protection of the right to freedom of opinion & expression
Unwanted Witness
June 30, 2016
The private sector’s role in the digital age appears pervasive and ever-growing, a driving force behind the greatest expansion of...
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New Report: FBI Can Access Hundreds of Millions of Face Recognition Photos
Unwanted Witness
June 30, 2016
Originally Published at EFF According to the GAO Report, FBI’s Facial Analysis, Comparison, and Evaluation (FACE) Services unit not only has...
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Save the Internet
Unwanted Witness
June 28, 2016
Net neutrality explained. Why we need to save the internet! please follow savetheinternet.eu to take action
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Uganda registers a second case of criminal libel over online publication
Unwanted Witness
June 27, 2016
Lyantonde, 27/06/2016; interests to control expression and opinion online is growing further in Uganda as another freelance journalist Sadat Waligo...
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No Such Thing As Free Internet (Zero-Rating Explained)
Unwanted Witness
June 24, 2016
What’s Going On? There’s no such thing as free Internet. When your mobile operator offers you free data in some...
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The Right to Privacy in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
June 21, 2016
Privacy is a fundamental human right, enshrined in numerous international human rights instruments.1 It is central to the protection of human...
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Facebook’s suicide prevention tools will now be available to all users
Unwanted Witness
June 20, 2016
Facebook has updated its suicide prevention tools and is now making them available worldwide. The tools, which let people flag posts...
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In victory for Obama, court backs strict Internet regulation
Unwanted Witness
June 20, 2016
Federal regulators can strictly oversee the Internet to ensure that content flows freely to consumers, a court ruled Tuesday in a...
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Why We Stil Recommend Signal Over Whatsapp… Even Though They Both Use End-To-End Encryption
Unwanted Witness
June 6, 2016
Or you might have read about this when it was all over the news. WhatsApp's collaboration with Open Whisper Systems recently...
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft agree to remove hate speech across the EU
Unwanted Witness
June 1, 2016
Facebook, Twitter, Google’s YouTube, Microsoft as well as the European Commission unveiled a new code of conduct to remove hate...
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Analysis of Uganda Cyber Laws Report
Unwanted Witness
May 31, 2016
In a new report, Unwanted Witness Uganda and Civil rights defenders provide a joint analysis on cyber laws in Uganda and their...
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Uganda’s Cyber Making it risky for one to Use.
Unwanted Witness
May 30, 2016
The right to freedom of expression goes hand in hand with the right to privacy and this was recognized by...
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Analysed Cyber Laws Of Uganda Report
Unwanted Witness
May 16, 2016
Uganda’s cyber legal regime is too weak to uphold and protect Internet freedoms and Privacy; says the Unwanted Witness analysis...
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UG’s authoritarian cyber laws are facilitating the continuous blockage of Social Media & the Internet; UW Report
Unwanted Witness
May 16, 2016
Kampala, 16th/05/2016; Close to a dozen of cyber laws in Uganda have a direct impact on people’s right to privacy, use of...
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#FASTAfrica: A Message to Delegates at the World Economic Forum on Africa
Unwanted Witness
May 16, 2016
“Everyone deserves to be connected to a FAST Internet — one which is Fast, Affordable, Safe and Transparent. Nowhere is this...
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Uganda has launched a total social media blackout: Ugandans on VPN
Unwanted Witness
May 13, 2016
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni was sworn in today (May 12) for his fifth term amid military jets, congratulatory African leaders, and...
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Uganda’s Internet is blocked for the second time in less than 3 Months.
Unwanted Witness
May 11, 2016
Kampala May 11, 2016; Its 5:45PM Ugandan time, the government blocks the internet in a space of less than three...
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Rethinking security for the Internet of Things
Unwanted Witness
May 10, 2016
Many people scoffed in January 2014 when Cisco CEO John Chambers pegged the “Internet of Everything” as a potential $17 trillion market,...
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UW Presser on the World Press freedom Day
Unwanted Witness
May 3, 2016
The Unwanted Witness Uganda welcomes Data Protection and Privacy Bill 2015; Asks Parliament to consult widely Kampala, 3rd/May/2016, As Uganda...
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UW Brief: University Don is Facing Online Impersonation attacks
Unwanted Witness
April 28, 2016
Kampala 28th April 2016; A Makerere University Don Dr. Stella Nyanzi is facing online impersonation attacks on both her Facebook...
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UW Brief: Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy bill 2015 is tabled before Parliament
Unwanted Witness
April 26, 2016
Kampala 26th April 26, 2016, drafted in 2014; the much awaited Data Protection and Privacy Bill 2015 has been tabled...
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Amnesty International: Encryption is a Human Rights Issue
Unwanted Witness
April 7, 2016
New Report Analyzes How Crypto Backdoors, Interference with Crypto, and Compelled Disclosure of Encryption Keys All Impact Free Expression and...
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Uganda‘s Netizens are being threatened
Unwanted Witness
March 21, 2016
Kampala, 21st/03/2016; Uganda’s Netizen are receiving direct threats from people who seem to be organized over critical posts on the...
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Kayihura ordered social media shutdown – UCC
Unwanted Witness
March 18, 2016
By Observer Team Godfrey Mutabazi, the executive director of the Uganda Communications Commission, has said in a sworn affidavit that...
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Press Statement on the New Social Media Bill
Unwanted Witness
March 11, 2016
We welcome government’s efforts that promote and protect Internet freedoms not controls, says the Unwanted Witness Uganda Kampala, 11th/03/2016; the...
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News Brief; Finally a social media platform bill is tabled in Parliament.
Unwanted Witness
March 11, 2016
Kampala, 11th/03/2016; Finally, it has come true six months ago when the Unwanted Witness published an alert that flagged government’s...
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Stop Post Election Arrests Connected to Internet Use; Unwanted Witness calls on Uganda Police
Unwanted Witness
March 8, 2016
The Unwanted Witness is concerned by the new wave of post election arrests by police connected to the use of...
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Ruling party leaders want social media platforms indefinitely closed.
Unwanted Witness
March 7, 2016
Internet shutdown roams in Uganda as ruling party leaders want social media platforms indefinitely closed. Kampala, 07th/03/2016; The Social Media...
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UW News Brief: Fresh Crack down on Social Media in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
March 1, 2016
Kampala, 1st/February/ 2016; Barely less than two weeks when social media platforms were blocked, the Uganda government through the Uganda...
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GOU should review & amend the cyber legal framework
Unwanted Witness
February 29, 2016
Hiding behind the color of the law to stifle Internet freedoms; government should review and amend the cyber legal framework...
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UW – CSO’s Joint letter on Internet Shutdowns in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
February 23, 2016
On 18th February 2016 a date that was set for the elections of the president and Member of Parliaments, it...
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The 2015-16 Internet Affordability Report
Unwanted Witness
February 23, 2016
Everyone should have access to the Internet. So concluded the 193 member states of the United Nations when they agreed on...
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UW news brief; Government bows down to pressure, unblocks the social media platforms
Unwanted Witness
February 22, 2016
Kampala, 22nd/Feb/2016; five days with no access to social media platforms, Ugandan government has bowed down to global pressure and...
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Press Release on UCC’s Illegal Social Media Shutdown.
Unwanted Witness
February 19, 2016
Internet Freedoms and Right to Privacy; targeted causalities of Uganda`s general elections at the expense of a weak and compromised...
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Facebook Distances Itself From Marc Andreessen’s Statements On Free Basics
Unwanted Witness
February 12, 2016
Marc Andreessen is having quite a contrite Wednesday. Andreessen, who currently sits on Facebook’s board, caused a stir last night with his...
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POLICE TEMPORARILY STOPS ONLINE ACTIVIST FROM REPORTING ON BOND
Unwanted Witness
January 29, 2016
UPDATED Kampala 29TH January 2016, Uganda Police Force under the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in Kireka has temporarily stopped online...
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Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Net Neutrality advocacy in India
Unwanted Witness
January 21, 2016
More than 30 groups from around the world have signed an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg regarding Facebook’s recent actions concerning...
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World Internet Freedom Day, 2016
Unwanted Witness
January 18, 2016
Harassment of online activists and use of unfriendly cyber laws are curtailing online freedoms in Uganda - says the Unwanted...
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Unwanted Witness Report on Internet Freedoms in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
January 17, 2016
The right to privacy and internet freedom are facing enormous (growing) threats as Ugandan government starts to import surveillance equipment...
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Daily Monitor: Ex-spy Rwomushana freed on police bond
Unwanted Witness
January 13, 2016
Kampala. Former intelligence operative with the Internal Security Organisation Charles Rwomushana has been released four days after he was detained...
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UW STATEMENT On the Kidnap and detaining online activists incommunicado
Unwanted Witness
January 12, 2016
Press release ...
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SHRINKING CIVIC POLITICAL SPACE
Unwanted Witness
January 8, 2016
SHRINKING CIVIC POLITICAL SPACE; Government Seeks To Amend the Anti-Terrorism Act to target civil society foreign funding. Kampala, 08th/01/2016; Barely...
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UW – Petitions UCC calling for Investigations into Abuse of Customers’ Right to privacy
Unwanted Witness
December 22, 2015
The Unwanted Witness Petitions Uganda Communications Commission to conduct investigations into the MTN Uganda’s sharing and misuse of subscribers’ personal...
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Press Statement on MTN Uganda sharing Subscribers’ data with ruling NRM party for Campaigns
Unwanted Witness
December 18, 2015
MTN Uganda Must explain circumstances under which it shared personal data of its 10 million subscribers to ruling party the...
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MTN Uganda has shared subscribers’ data with the ruling party NRM
Unwanted Witness
December 17, 2015
The UW-News brief: MTN Uganda has shared subscribers’ data with the ruling party NRM to solicit for votes for president...
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Digital Rights; its becoming hard to enjoy them in Uganda!
Unwanted Witness
December 14, 2015
#Internet4Ug Digital rights describe the human rights that allow individuals to access, use, create and publish digital media or to...
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Press release: On the occasion of Human Rights Day 2015 in a Nation Where Surveillance Is Ubiquitous
Unwanted Witness
December 10, 2015
Kampala, 10TH/Dec/2015, Protect Human Rights Defenders from misuse of spyware by security agencies, a call to parliament of Uganda as...
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Why SIM Card deactivation will disenfranchise voters in Uganda’s forthcoming election?
Unwanted Witness
November 26, 2015
By the Unwanted Witness team; Have you ever thought of spending hours or even a day without a cell phone?...
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SIM Card deactivation is to cause voter disenfranchisement, please halt it-says the Unwanted Witness
Unwanted Witness
November 25, 2015
Press release The Observer on Telecom Companies SIM Card deactivation is to cause voter disenfranchisement, please halt it-says the Unwanted...
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Over 300,000 MTN unregistered subscribers disconnected in a fresh wave of fighting anonymity by Government.
Unwanted Witness
November 23, 2015
The Unwanted Witness News-brief; Barely one month after it was revealed that Uganda Government bought Spyware, over 300,000 MTN unregistered...
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Facebook Sees Sharp Spike in Hong Kong Government’s Requests for User Data
Unwanted Witness
November 17, 2015
This post was written by Vivienne Zeng and originally published on Hong Kong Free Press on November 14. An edited version is...
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Bridging the Gender Digital Divide, a Cause for National Development.
Unwanted Witness
November 17, 2015
#Internet4Ug By the Unwanted Witness team; Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are now an irreplaceable tool in society given the...
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UW Brief; Internet allegedly being censored at presidential rallies.
Unwanted Witness
November 13, 2015
Kampala, 13th/11/2015; Reports coming in from presidential rallies allege that the Internet is being censored and Internet enabled mobile devices...
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UW News brief, The NRM Manifesto; Uganda Internet faces risk of being killed
Unwanted Witness
November 9, 2015
Kampala, 09th/Nov/2015; the Ugandan Internet is facing risks of being killed as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Manifesto fails to...
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Uganda #Netfreedom2015
Unwanted Witness
October 28, 2015
Key Developments: JUNE 2014—MAY 2015 Four individuals were arrested for their alleged involvement with Facebook pages known for critical commentary...
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Protecting the right to privacy in Africa in the digital age
Unwanted Witness
October 26, 2015
The right to privacy, as guaranteed in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other provisions...
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Netizen Report: Uganda Vows to Step Up Online Censorship
Unwanted Witness
October 23, 2015
Global Voices Advocacy's Netizen Report offers an international snapshot of challenges, victories, and emerging trends in Internet rights around the...
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Why Kampala administration cannot survive without spyware technologies
Unwanted Witness
October 21, 2015
By the Unwanted Witness Uganda has experienced decades of civil strives especially as a result of power struggling during regime...
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Internet.org to Africa; it will promote interests of inventor and endanger citizens lives.
Unwanted Witness
October 19, 2015
By the Unwanted Witness When Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook announced the launch of internet.org on 21st...
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For God and My President: State Surveillance In Uganda
Unwanted Witness
October 19, 2015
The Unwanted Witness therefore demands that: 1.Government should come out clearly to explain why they are deploying surveillance equipment to...
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Use of Secret Surveillance in Uganda is Unjust.
Unwanted Witness
October 16, 2015
PRESS STATEMENT Kampala, 16/October/2015, Unwanted Witness Uganda is welcoming the new investigative report revealing the government of Uganda’s grand ambitions of...
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Ugandan government deployed FinFisher spyware to ‘crush’ opposition, track elected officials and media in secret operation during post-election protests, documents reveal
Unwanted Witness
October 16, 2015
Privacy International's new report, For God and My President: State Surveillance in Uganda, exposes the secret surveillance operation and the government's attempts...
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Uganda’s grand ambitions of secret surveillance
Unwanted Witness
October 16, 2015
BREAKING: FOR GOD & MY PRESIDENT "We are saddened by these findings and we demand that the Kampala government...
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Learn the basics about all that creepy spy tech that police around the US are now using
Unwanted Witness
October 14, 2015
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's new Law Enforcement Technology Primer for Civilian Oversight Bodies is a short, easy-to-understand guide for non-technical people that...
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The Snowden effect: new privacy wins await after data transfer ruling
Unwanted Witness
October 10, 2015
Many politicians held their nose and voted for the USA Freedom Act in June, hoping that the Snowden revelations would recede into the distance...
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A planned new law will criminalize Social Media and its users
Unwanted Witness
October 6, 2015
A planned new law will criminalize Social Media and its users, Says Unwanted Witness Uganda. Kampala, 6th/October/2015, Unwanted witness Uganda...
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UW News Brief: A new Law to Control Social Media usage in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
October 6, 2015
The Unwanted Witness (UW) News Brief: Uganda government is planning to introduce a new law to control the use of...
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Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg Regarding Internet.org, Net Neutrality, Privacy, and Security
Unwanted Witness
October 5, 2015
Dear Mark Zuckerberg, We, the undersigned, share a common concern about the launch and expansion of Facebook’s Internet.org platform and its implications...
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Emails Reveal Uganda Government Role In Mass Surveillance
Unwanted Witness
September 22, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO — On the afternoon of April 22, Dotan Peltz, the head of sales at an Israeli surveillance company...
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European Parliament Condemns Mass Surveillance, Shames Complicity With NSA, And Demands Encryption, Net Neutrality, Free/Open Software In New Report
Unwanted Witness
September 14, 2015
The European Parliament just adopted a report that goes way further in the right direction than anything seen before from...
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Troubling rise of tracking headers worldwide
Unwanted Witness
August 25, 2015
Do you trust your carrier when you sign up for a new mobile phone? You may not realize that when...
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Special report: Encryption, anonymity as safeguards for press freedom
Unwanted Witness
August 24, 2015
UN special rapporteur says tools 'create a zone of privacy to protect opinion and belief' The alleged involvement of Igor...
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Will the internet of things result in predictable people?
Unwanted Witness
August 12, 2015
We’re told that eventually sensors will be everywhere. Not just in phones, tablets, and laptops. Not just in the wearables...
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Uganda’s Airtel is sharing subscribers’ data with politicians for early campaigning ahead of 2016 general elections.
Unwanted Witness
August 7, 2015
Kampala, 7th /August/2015; As Uganda prepares for 2016 general elections, actors decry the miss-use of customers` personal information/ data by...
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Learn from the security experts; things they do to keep safe online
Unwanted Witness
July 29, 2015
Cybersecurity experts aren’t like you or I, and now we have the evidence to prove it. Researchers at Google interviewed...
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Data Privacy Just Makes Good Business Sense
Unwanted Witness
July 20, 2015
Data, data everywhere and companies sucking it up at breakneck speed, sometimes without rhyme or reason, just feeding the big data...
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Why encryption back doors threaten human rights
Unwanted Witness
July 10, 2015
In recent years, pro-democracy and pro-human rights protesters from Egypt and Tunisia to Thailand and Hong Kong have used social...
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Hacking Team hacked: How to protect yourself
Unwanted Witness
July 9, 2015
Global surveillance is a global industry, and as the headlines yesterday revealed, repressive governments are often eager customers. Hacking Team,...
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Anonymously Access Wi-Fi Located Up To 2.5 Miles Away Using This Device
Unwanted Witness
July 6, 2015
n this era of government surveillance, remaining anonymous has become next to impossible for every Internet user. There is almost...
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Hacking into campaign data ‘poised to rise’
Unwanted Witness
July 3, 2015
By Francis Emorut KAMPALA - As Uganda readies for general elections due early next year, a Makerere University senior law...
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Social Media Day #SMDay
Unwanted Witness
June 30, 2015
As the Unwanted Witness joins the rest of the world to commemorate Social Media day today, unwanted witness notes that...
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Uproar over unsolicited Museveni campaign SMS
Unwanted Witness
June 29, 2015
President Museveni’s latest attempt to use modern technology to court voters has run into trouble, with the NRM chairman accused...
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Crackdown on social media is a threat to digital rights, says activists
Unwanted Witness
June 29, 2015
KAMPALA. The establishment of the Police Cybercrime Unit is a government move intended to limit the enjoyment of fundamental rights...
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SOCIAL MEDIA CRACKDOWN IS A THREAT TO DIGITAL RIGHTS AND INTERNET FREEDOMS
Unwanted Witness
June 22, 2015
Kampala, 22nd /June/2015; While the Internet has for a very long time been a vital source of information, news and...
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Crackdown on social media crime starts
Unwanted Witness
June 22, 2015
Kampala. Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has established a cybercrime unit and appointed its head, days after President Museveni...
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Germany drops inquiry into claims NSA tapped Angela Merkel’s phone
Unwanted Witness
June 12, 2015
German federal prosecutors have closed their investigation into the alleged tapping of Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by the US National...
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USA FREEDOM Act becomes law
Unwanted Witness
June 5, 2015
Just two days after the expiration of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act — the authority the National Security...
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Encryption is key to human rights
Unwanted Witness
June 5, 2015
Encryption an anonymity are strong neighbors to human rights as it enables freedom of expression. Here's what the Special Rapporteur...
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Facebook’s free internet limits poor users
Unwanted Witness
June 5, 2015
Speed read Internet.org initiative got 9 million people online in a year, Facebook says But critics say Facebook’s own site...
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Under Fire In India, Facebook’s Internet.org Launches In Indonesia
Unwanted Witness
May 8, 2015
Facebook’s ‘free web’ Internet.org program has expanded into Indonesia, a country with a 250 million population, marking its second largest...
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Mark Zuckerberg About Internet.org
Unwanted Witness
May 8, 2015
Today, we're taking the next step with Internet.org by enabling anyone to build free basic internet services to help connect...
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Facebook Opens Internet.Org To All Developers In Response To Net Neutrality Concerns
Unwanted Witness
May 8, 2015
Facebook is turning Internet.org, its project to provide free internet to new users, into a platform. The move comes amid criticism of...
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For LGBT Ugandans, physical security threats often translate into digital threats and vice versa
Unwanted Witness
April 28, 2015
Uganda has been in the news headlines around the world since 2009, when it introduced its first Anti-homosexuality Bill and...
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EU proposal on airline passenger data sharing
Unwanted Witness
April 27, 2015
EU proposal on airline passenger data sharing: no still means no In February, MEP Timothy Kirkhope presented to the European...
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Canadians Speak Out Against Controversial Anti-Terrorism Legislation Bill C-51
Unwanted Witness
April 27, 2015
Hundreds of Canadians gathered in cities across the country over the weekend, coming together to protest the controversial anti-terrorism Bill...
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Leaked papers reveal NZ plan to spy on China for US
Unwanted Witness
April 27, 2015
Our spies and America's top government hackers cooked up a plan to crack into a data link between Chinese Government...
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France wants to fight terrorism by spying on everyone
Unwanted Witness
April 27, 2015
French lawmakers have spent the past four days debating a controversial anti-terrorism bill that, if passed, would dramatically expand the government's surveillance...
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1 million sites imperiled by dangerous bug in WordPress plugin
Unwanted Witness
April 10, 2015
As many as a million websites could be imperiled by a critical vulnerability recently discovered in WP-Super-Cache, a WordPress plugin...
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Google Chrome will banish Chinese certificate authority for breach of trust
Unwanted Witness
April 10, 2015
Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox browsers will stop trusting all new digital certificates issued by the China Internet Network Information...
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Net neutrality emails raise suspicions
Unwanted Witness
April 7, 2015
A number of messages to lawmakers purporting to be from average constituents who oppose the Obama administration’s net neutrality rules...
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Energy companies around the world infected by newly discovered malware
Unwanted Witness
April 7, 2015
Researchers have uncovered an ongoing espionage campaign that uses custom-developed malware to siphon confidential data out of energy companies around...
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Obama Signs Executive Order Aimed at Stopping Foreign Cyberattacks
Unwanted Witness
April 7, 2015
Declaring that cyberattacks endanger national security, President Barack Obama on Wednesday launched a war on foreign hackers engaged in malicious...
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Uganda government is lacking funds to enact a law on Data Protection and Privacy
Unwanted Witness
March 13, 2015
UW News Brief: Kampala, 13th/ March/ 2015; The Unwanted Witness Uganda has learnt that government has no funds to facilitate...
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Ethiopia suspected of spying on independent TV network ESAT
Unwanted Witness
March 11, 2015
New York, March 10, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by research that indicates the Ethiopian government used spyware...
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Open letter to Hacking Team
Unwanted Witness
March 9, 2015
March 9, 2015 Tagged: Hacking Team, Surveillance, Targeted Threats Categories: Ron Deibert March 5, 2015 Sent via e-mail: info@hackingteam.com Dear...
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Cyber Violence against Women; a threat to women’s participation online
Unwanted Witness
March 8, 2015
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate international women’s day, the Unwanted witness Uganda and women of...
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#InternationalWomensDay2015 #ICT4WOMEN
Unwanted Witness
March 3, 2015
The Unwanted Witness in partnership with Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) have organised an online twitterthon to celebrate women’s day...
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“A real victory for freedom of expression” – UN rights expert hails US move to keep Internet open
Unwanted Witness
February 27, 2015
GENEVA (27 February 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today welcomed...
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NATIONAL CONSULTANT/ICT TECHNICAL SERVICES
Unwanted Witness
February 25, 2015
The Unwanted Witness Uganda is a civil society organization, whose mission is to contribute to good governance through effective and...
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REPORT ON THE PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION SYSTEM (NSIS) /THE NATIONAL ID PROJECT
Unwanted Witness
February 24, 2015
Report of the committee on defence and internal affairs on the inquiry into the procurement of equipment for the National...
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International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance
Unwanted Witness
February 23, 2015
As technologies that facilitate State surveillance of communications advance, States are failing to ensure that laws, regulations, activities, powers, and...
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DEMAND AN END TO MASS SURVEILLANCE
Unwanted Witness
February 23, 2015
As technologies that facilitate State surveillance of communications advance, States are failing to ensure that laws, regulations, activities, powers, and...
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Worldwide campaign to discover depth of GCHQ’s illegal spying.
Unwanted Witness
February 17, 2015
The Unwanted Witness Uganda joins worldwide campaign to discover depth of GCHQ's illegal spying. The Unwanted Witness today has joined...
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Re-thinking the workings of community radios: how community is a community radio in Uganda
Unwanted Witness
February 14, 2015
The media in Uganda was owned and controlled by the state until the liberalization of the economy in 1990s. The...
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UW News Brief: UCC threatens to shut down social media platforms.
Unwanted Witness
February 10, 2015
Ugandans’ engagement on various online social media platforms including whats App and Facebook has caused unrest among various state agencies....
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About the Project
Unwanted Witness
February 8, 2015
“Land is the source of our livelihood; it helps to produce food to feed families, provides a place of cultural...
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Over 10,000 Online Activists Petition Parliament.
Unwanted Witness
February 2, 2015
Kampala, 30th/ Jan/ 2015; Over 10,000 online activists have petitioned the speaker of the Ugandan parliament demanding for upgrading of...
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Stop Demonising Encryption and Privacy
Unwanted Witness
January 26, 2015
Governments. The Internet. Freedom. Privacy. Security. When you put all of those terms together it’s usually because they’ve had yet...
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Privacy Risks Posed, When The Internet Is In Everything?
Unwanted Witness
January 26, 2015
This week Google’s Eric Schmidt was on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he suggested that the future Internet will...
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Activists warn authorities against suppressing online space ahead of 2016 general elections.
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January 22, 2015
By Solomon Lubambula As the country gears up for 2016 general elections, concerns of upholding citizens’ freedom of expression before,...
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UCC and Police should make content of the signed MoU public.
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January 22, 2015
Kampala, 21st/Jan/2015, Unwanted witness Uganda is concerned by the secretive signing and hiding the content of a Memorandum of Understanding...
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Declaration
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January 19, 2015
A Digital Citizen's Bill of Rights 1. Freedom - digital citizens have a right to a free, uncensored internet...
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Secret US cybersecurity report: encryption vital to protect private data
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January 17, 2015
A secret US cyber security report warned that government and private computers were being left vulnerable to online attacks from...
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Mass surveillance not effective for finding terrorists
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January 17, 2015
Some UK politicians are trying once again to pass mass surveillance laws after the Paris attacks. It's a misguided approach,...
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Swiss Government forced to reveal destinations, cost of surveillance exports
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January 15, 2015
In an enormous breakthrough for those seeking transparency and accountability to the shadowy surveillance industry, the Swiss Government has been...
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Can the government ban encryption?
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January 14, 2015
Whenever the terrorist threat is increased, as it has been since the tragic events in Paris last week, so too...
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Facebook succumbs to pressure and endlessly closes Ugandans At Heart page.
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January 14, 2015
Management of facebook has given in to pressure from Uganda and closed a facebook page for online activists named Ugandans...
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David Cameron in ‘cloud cuckoo land’ over encrypted messaging apps ban
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January 14, 2015
David Cameron is “living in cloud cuckoo land” when he suggests a new Tory government would ban messaging apps that...
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Uganda Police signs a secret MOU with Uganda Communication Commission.
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January 12, 2015
The Uganda Police Force has signed a secret Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) to share information...
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Police extends bond for the online activist.
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December 30, 2014
Masindi, 29th, December 2014; Police in the Mid western Uganda has extended the bond given to the veteran journalist, Jonathan...
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Police is harassing an online activist in Mid-western Uganda
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December 25, 2014
Masindi, 25th, December, 2014; Police in mid- western Uganda is harassing an online activist Jonathan Akweteireho for his online engagement...
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Unwanted Witness report on internet freedoms in uganda
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December 15, 2014
Report Summary For Immediate release The right to privacy and internet freedoms facing threats in Uganda – Unwanted Witness Report...
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Joint Media Statement On The IHR Day on 10th December 2014
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December 12, 2014
The theme for this year’s International Human Rights Day is ‘Human Rights 365,’ which encompasses the idea that every day...
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Freedom on the Net 2014
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December 8, 2014
Tightening the Net: Governments Expand Online Controls Freedom on the Net 2014 – the fifth annual comprehensive study of internet...
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Digital Security Guide for African Environmental Rights Defenders
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December 3, 2014
With the growth of technology and increasing use of digital advocacy and communication tools to do their work, ERDs in...
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Europe’s next privacy war is with websites silently tracking users
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November 30, 2014
European data protection watchdogs publish guidance on web tracking using device fingerprinting that could result in more ‘I agree’ forms...
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Edward Snowden revelations have had limited effect on privacy
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November 27, 2014
Chances are if you’re reading the Unwanted Witness website, you’ve heard of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. But what about the...
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The SINGLE Most Important Step to Protect Yourself from Government Spying
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November 27, 2014
Given that the NSA is tapping into your phone calls and spying on your Internet activities, you might have switched...
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How to Protect Yourself From Unethical Or Illegal Spying
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November 26, 2014
A quick Google search for “spy software” yields over a 100 million results. Clearly, there is massive interest in spying...
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Regin Cyber-Spy Malware Targeted High-Priority Intelligence Quarry
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November 26, 2014
NEWS ANALYSIS: It's not likely that your network will get hit by the Regin malware by accident. But if you...
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Hacker Lexicon: What Is End-to-End Encryption?
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November 26, 2014
Plenty of companies brag that their communications app is encrypted. But that marketing claim demands a followup question: Who has...
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Cyber abuse should not kill on and offline rights
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November 26, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula It would be quite sad for you to wake up one morning to be a washed with...
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Request for Comments on the Draft Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2014
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November 25, 2014
With the advancement of technology, more organizations are using computers to store and process personal information. Databases maybe easily...
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U.K. ISPs Agree To Do More To Filter Extremist Content Online
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November 23, 2014
The U.K. government’s latest crack down on terrorism is once again focusing on the digital sphere, with Prime Minister David Cameron announcing...
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Mass surveillance: exceptional measure or dangerous habit?
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November 23, 2014
The digital communications revolution has led to “perhaps the greatest liberation movement the world has ever known,” the Deputy High...
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UN calls for balance between privacy and security
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November 21, 2014
In a special discussion at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Flavia Pansieri, the United Nations (UN) Deputy High Commissioner...
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Complicity in Censorship: Facebook’s Latest Government Requests Report
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November 20, 2014
For years, pundits and scholars have warned of the implications of social media companies capitulating to foreign governments, handing over...
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Face Book report on requests made by different governments in the world
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November 20, 2014
Face Book report on requests made by different governments in the world.Find the link below; https://govtrequests.facebook.com/
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Internet intermediaries
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November 20, 2014
Internet intermediaries – such as internet service providers, search engines and social media platforms – play a crucial role in...
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Schneier on Security
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November 19, 2014
Whatsapp Is Now End-to-End Encrypted Whatapp is now offering end-to-end message encryption: Whatsapp will integrate the open-source software Textsecure, created...
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EFF backs new nonprofit free certificate authority “Let’s Encrypt
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November 19, 2014
It will be overseen by Internet Security Research Group with backing from EFF, Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai and others, and will...
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Online mass-surveillance: “Protect right to privacy even when countering terrorism” – UN expert
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November 18, 2014
NEW YORK (23 October 2014) – United Nations human rights expert Ben Emmerson today urged Governments currently engaged on mass...
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Experts call for ‘return to human intelligence’ after Snowden
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November 17, 2014
Security agencies need a ‘real cultural shift’ including protection for whistleblowers and citizens as part of its oversight body Edward...
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SNOWDEN NSA FILES SURVEILLANCE REVELATIONS DECODED
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November 17, 2014
What the revelations mean for you. When Edward Snowden met journalists in his cramped room in Hong Kong's Mira hotel...
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Censorship 2.0: Shadowy forces controlling online conversations
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November 15, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — It was perhaps a bit unfortunate, but in October, about a hundred journalists, civil...
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Obama says FCC should reclassify internet as a utility
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November 15, 2014
President Obama has come out in support of reclassifying internet service as a utility, a move that would allow the...
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DATA PROTECTION LAW.
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November 15, 2014
A blame game has ensued between the two arms of government as citizens’ intensify their constitutional demand for government’s observance...
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Phone and web data plan under fire for interfering with privacy
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November 14, 2014
The federal government’s plans to retain phone and web data for two years will unreasonably interfere with privacy and...
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Facebook updates privacy policy to clarify how it uses data from 1.3bn users
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November 14, 2014
Facebook has once again moved to simplify its description of how it uses the data generated by its 1.3 billion...
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Press statement For Unwanted Witness Report to Ugandan Parliament
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November 13, 2014
Parliament should urgently enact a law on privacy and data protection to safe-guard citizens’ online freedoms and rights – says...
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UN enters late-stage negotiations for recognition of right to privacy in digital age
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November 12, 2014
Last year, prompted by the Snowden revelations, the UN took the important step to address global mass surveillance: the...
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INEQUITABLE LAND OWNERSHIP ASTONISHES COURT.
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November 10, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula KAMPALA: The land division of Kampala High court was recently astonished to learn that an individual called...
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Germany tops table of Facebook data requests
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November 8, 2014
New figures from Facebook show that the German government makes more requests for user data, relative to the size of...
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I fight surveillance
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October 23, 2014
For more information follow these links below https://www.ifightsurveillance.org/en https://www.ifightsurveillance.org
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Whisper denies tracking claims
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October 19, 2014
https://www.unwantedwitness.org/revealed-how-whisper-app-tracks-anonymous-users/ The editor of Whisper, an app for people to share secrets anonymously, has angrily denied reports that it has...
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Revealed: How Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users
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October 17, 2014
Some Whisper users monitored even after opting out of geolocation services Company shares some information with US Department of Defense...
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Youth to youth Fund
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October 13, 2014
As we aim at fostering an enterprising youth movement in Kampala through ICT, Unwanted Witness tapped into the ICT graduates...
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Edward Snowden’s Privacy Tips: “Get Rid Of Dropbox,” Avoid Facebook And Google
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October 13, 2014
According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from popular consumer Internet services like Dropbox,...
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China Clamps Down on Web, Pinching Companies Like Google
HONG KONG — Google’s problems in China just got worse. As part of a broad campaign to tighten internal security,...
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Digital Literacy Is the Key to the Future, But We Still Don’t Know What It Means
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September 19, 2014
The entrance to GitHub is the most Instagram-able lobby in tech. It’s a recreation of the Oval Office, and the...
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Understaffed ICT ministry continues to cripple the sector.
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September 17, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula Whereas the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) could be the springboard for country’s economic development in the near...
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Activists, Lawyers & Journalists: Open More Space for Civil Society and Human Rights at IGF
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September 15, 2014
We, the undersigned representatives of a group of global activists, journalists and lawyers from more than a dozen countries who...
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African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms
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September 15, 2014
African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Emphasising that the Internet is an enabling space and...
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The Uw News-Brief: Unveiling Engo Framework To Civil Society Organizations In Uganda
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August 27, 2014
The Uw News-Brief: Unveiling Engo Framework To Civil Society Organizations In Uganda Kampala, 19th/August/2014; The Unwanted Witness-Uganda, an organisation working...
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The United Nations report on Unregulated Mass Surveillance is Timely, says the Unwanted Witness.
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July 19, 2014
Kampala, 18/July/2014, Unwanted witness Uganda is welcoming the United Nations (UN) report which raises concerns on “the right to...
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African Declaration for Internet Rights and Freedoms
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July 11, 2014
Preamble Reaffirming the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights of 1981, the Declaration of Windhoek on Promoting an Independent...
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Facebook draws fire from privacy advocates over ad changes
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June 25, 2014
Facebook came under fire Thursday from privacy advocates who say that changes to its ad network mark an unprecedented expansion...
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Hong Kong Voting Site Suffers Massive DDoS Attack Before Civil Referendum
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June 23, 2014
Just days before a citizen-led online referendum on voting rights, the technical platform that advocates had planned to use for...
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The need for a Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy at the UN
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June 18, 2014
The past year has been an important one for the right to privacy. Privacy was Dictionary.com’s word of the...
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Laws on the use of force by the police require urgent global reform, UN human rights expert says
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June 18, 2014
GENEVA (13 June 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns, stressed that...
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Global Internet Report
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June 16, 2014
The Global Internet Report is the first in a series meant to celebrate the progress of the Internet, highlight trends,...
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Enemies of the Internet 2014: entities at the heart of censorship and surveillance
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June 16, 2014
This year’s “Enemies of the Internet” report, which Reporters Without Borders publishes every year on World Day Against Cyber-Censorship...
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Telecoms banned from sending junk SMS
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June 11, 2014
Telecoms banned from sending junk SMSPublish Date: Jun 08, 2014 By David Mugabe KAMPALA - All new telecom promotions have...
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Parliament should reject the 200 billion Uganda Shillings mass surveillance supplementary budget.
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May 21, 2014
The Unwanted Witness is calling upon Ugandan legislators to uphold the Constitution and protect citizens from surveillance. Kampala 21/May/2014, the...
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The Unwanted Witness (UW) News Brief: Government of Uganda is procuring surveillance equipment to spy on citizens
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May 19, 2014
Kampala, 19th/May/2014; The Government of Uganda is requesting for a supplementary budget of 200 billion Uganda shillings equivalent to over...
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EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline
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May 13, 2014
COUCIL OF THE EUROPEA UIO EN EU Human Rights Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline FOREIG AFFAIRS Council...
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You are here High Court slams HMRC for unlawful concealing of information surrounding export of spyware FinFisher
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May 13, 2014
In a damning judgment today the Administrative Court declared that Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) acted unlawfully and “irrationally”...
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Is Uganda ready for E-learning?
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May 10, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula slubambula@gmail.com As the government announced its preparations for the E-learning conference slated for the 28th -30th...
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Google, Facebook, And More Than 100 Tech Companies Come Together To Defend Net Neutrality
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May 10, 2014
This afternoon, a coalition of more than 100 tech companies wrote a joint letter to the FCC standing in...
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The unemployment paradox: Youth deserve better!
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April 30, 2014
The high level of unemployment among the youth is a global concern as it is a recipe for organized crime,...
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Brazil Becomes One Of The First To Adopt Internet ‘Bill Of Rights’
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April 28, 2014
Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff signed into law a kind of Internet bill of rights on Wednesday. , the law enshrines...
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Unwanted Witness (UW) News Brief: LGBTI online community experiencing “Zeus malware”.
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April 25, 2014
Kampala, 24th/April/2014; Barely two months after the controversial Anti homosexuality Bill was signed into law, the LGBTI online community in...
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Facebook report reveals extent of global online censorship
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April 22, 2014
By Jamie Harris Facebook has published a report detailing the extent of censorship in countries across the world, as well...
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Study Finds No Evidence of Heartbleed Attacks Before the Bug Was Exposed
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April 22, 2014
By NICOLE PERLROTHSAN FRANCISCO — Ever since the Heartbleed bug was exposed last week, the question everyone has been asking...
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Why the Web Needs Perfect Forward Secrecy More Than Ever
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April 14, 2014
EFF has long advocated for websites to support HTTPS instead of plain HTTP to encrypt and authenticate data transmitted on...
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Small grants recipients(web we want)
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April 9, 2014
The Unwanted Witness (Uganda) Twitter: @unwantedwitness About: Unwanted Witness was registered in 2013 as a non-partisan and non-profit organisation that uses...
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The Day we Fight Back UW testimonies
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April 3, 2014
[column grid="2" span="1"]2014-01-10 (08:00-12:00) The Day we Fight Back UW testimonies " [/column]
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Phone users demand for Data Protection law.
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March 21, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula Your may recall that a few years ago one of the presidential candidates during the 2011 general...
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Call for Amendment of the Anti-Pornography Act, 2014
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March 20, 2014
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2014 Call for Amendment of the Anti-Pornography Act, 2014 As we celebrate 25...
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UW Press Statement: Uganda Police Force should make powers of the Cyber Crime Unit public.
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March 20, 2014
Kampala, 20 /march/2014, Unwanted witness Uganda is concerned by the Uganda Police Force’s move to establish a Cyber Crimes Unit...
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Telecom Consumers complain about Fraud by service providers.
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March 20, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula Unlike for other services, many people know little if any about their rights as mobile phone users,...
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Activists cry foul as police set up cyber crime unit
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March 19, 2014
By ANDREW BAGALA Posted Wednesday, March 19 2014 at 02:00 Kampala. Police are setting up a cybercrime unit to crackdown on...
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Police establishes cyber crimes unit to curtail online freedoms
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March 18, 2014
The Unwanted witness is concerned about the continuous encroachment of citizen’s privacy online under the guise of fighting cyber crime. ...
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The UW News-brief: Government should expedite the enactment of a privacy and data protection law to protect consumers` privacy rights
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March 14, 2014
Kampala, 14th /March/2014; The Unwanted Witness – Uganda (UW-U) joins other stakeholders working on consumer rights in the telecommunications industry/...
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Freedom Online: Joint Action for Free Expression on the Internet
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March 11, 2014
1 Underscoring our commitment to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human...
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Encryption is the answer to NSA surveillance
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March 11, 2014
With an image of the U.S. Constitution as his background, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden beamed in through a choppy Google...
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Internet intermediaries: Dilemma of liability
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March 7, 2014
Types of intermediaries Given the complexity of the internet, there are a number of different types of intermediaries. For the...
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International Mechanisms for Promoting Freedom of Expression
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March 7, 2014
JOINT DECLARATION ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE INTERNET The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and...
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Human Rights Abuses in Ugandan Cells Agonize Activist.
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March 5, 2014
DEO WALUSIMBI Violence, beatings, poor health conditions and feeding on one meal a day are a daily occurrence in Ugandan...
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RSA Conference Proves Why the Privacy Landscape Is Challenging
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March 3, 2014
From Monday, Feb. 24 to Friday, Feb. 28, I was trapped in the bowels of the Moscone Center at the...
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We need a privacy rapporteur, says UN free speech boss
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February 28, 2014
By Milana Knezevic There should be a special United Nations mandate for protecting the right to privacy, says the Frank...
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U.S., British spy agencies collected millions of images from Yahoo webcam chats: Report
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February 28, 2014
QMI Agency British and U.S. spy agencies worked together to collect and store millions of webcam images from unsuspecting Internet...
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Social media reveals more than NSA
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February 28, 2014
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, has filed a lawsuit against President Barack Obama over the NSA's practice of collecting and storing...
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NSA robots are ‘collecting’ your data, too, and they’re getting away with it
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February 28, 2014
By Bruce Schneider Eavesdropping by algorithm is still eavesdropping, whether a human looks at your data or not. Real reform...
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Report: U.K. Spy Agency Stored Millions of Webcam Images Read more: Edward Snowden NSA Leaks:
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February 28, 2014
By Denver Nicks @DenverNicks A British spy agency collected millions of still images while eavesdropping on Yahoo webcam chats by citizens of...
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Minister and MPs clash over the Anti-pornography Act.
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February 27, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula The Anti-pornography Act causes controversy between legislature and the executive as the public takes the law in...
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Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda violates human rights and endangers LGBT people – Pillay
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February 24, 2014
GENEVA (24 February 2014) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday denounced the anti-homosexuality law...
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Activists to Sue Government over Anti-pornography law.
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February 24, 2014
BY DEO WALUSIMBI Activists have embarked on a court process, suing government for what they term as gross violation of...
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Uganda’s Museveni responds to USA’s Obama on Anti-homosexuality bill
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February 24, 2014
We do not want anybody to impose their views on us BY DEO WALUSIMBI Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has issued...
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Minority Groups take the Battle to Constitutional Court.
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February 20, 2014
By Unwanted Witness After the recent pronouncement by President Yoweri Museveni to endorse the controversial Anti-homosexuality bill, the minority community...
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The anti-pornography Law passed.
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February 20, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula In a bid to address the increasing cases of immorality and criminal acts in our society, President...
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America warns Uganda over anti-homosexuality bill
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February 20, 2014
By Deo Walusimbi Just hours after Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni agreed to assent to the controversial Anti-homosexuality bill...
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Telecom companies should stop mis-using our information-subscribers demand.
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February 19, 2014
By Solomon Lubambula Mobile phone subscribers want government to bar telecom companies from misusing personal information gathered during mandatory Sim...
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Chapter four partner with an MP to highlight illegality of the controversial Uganda’s anti-homosexuality Bill.
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February 19, 2014
BY DEO WALUSIMBI Barely two months since the controversial anti-homosexuality bill was passed by the Ugandan Parliament, chapter four, a...
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How Big Was The Day We Fight Back?
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February 17, 2014
This is Michigan Stadium, the largest football stadium by capacity in the United States. It fits 109,901 people. Imagine two...
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South African Government still funding VASTech, knows previous financing was for mass surveillance
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February 17, 2014
By: Kenneth Page on: 30-Jan-2014 Over the past half year, Privacy International has been investigating the sale of surveillance technology...
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Internet protest to ‘fight back’ against surveillance
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February 11, 2014
BY Bridget Bowman February 10, 2014 at 6:14 PM EST Creative Commons photo of a march against NSA mass surveillance...
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Kenyan Gays protest against Ugandan anti-homosexuality law
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February 11, 2014
UNWANTED WITNESS-UGANDA Gays in Kenya under their umbrella body National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission swung into action when...
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The Day We Fight Back: Poland Fights Back Against Unchecked Surveillance
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February 11, 2014
Katitza Rodriguez Electronic Frontier Foundation In 2013, we learned digital surveillance by the world’s governments knows no bounds. The NSA...
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¿Cómo nos vigilan en internet?
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February 11, 2014
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#stopspying
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February 11, 2014
#stopspying Quotes that can be use in blogging before the day we fight back! "Personal data of citizens was intercepted...
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UW Testimonies on the Day we fight back
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February 11, 2014
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UW #FEB11th PRESS RELEASE. Citizens call: UCC to prevail over misuse of personal information by telecom companies
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February 11, 2014
Citizens call: UCC to prevail over misuse of personal information by telecom companies on the day we fight back....
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Get ready: the day we fight back against mass surveillance is coming
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February 10, 2014
Lawmakers must understand that we will no longer tolerate a surveillance state. An online protest on 11 February is a...
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Tuesday declared ‘The Day we Fight Back’ against NSA et al
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February 10, 2014
By Simon Sharwood, 10th February 2014 We're not happy about surveillance and we've CHANGED OUR AVATARS to prove it!! A...
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The Day We Fight Back: Poland Fights Back Against Unchecked Surveillance
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February 10, 2014
February 9, 2014 | By Katitza Rodriguez In 2013, we learned digital surveillance by the world’s governments knows no bounds....
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Anti -Gay bill threatens Public Health,a Gov’t warned.
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February 10, 2014
By Unwantedwitness. Health activists have warned Ugandan government that her efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS could be reversed...
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UW Petition; #FEB11th The day we fight back!
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February 5, 2014
UW Petition: A call to UCC to prevail over telecommunication companies from misusing customer’s personal information 5 Feb 2014 We...
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Gay community in Uganda issues a new report in a bid to fight Parliament’s kill the gay act
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January 31, 2014
UNWANTED WITNESS-UGANDA REPORTER The sexual minorities in Uganda (SMUG) have not relented in their effort to stop a legal process...
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After NSA Backdoors, Security Experts Leave RSA for a Conference They Can Trust
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January 31, 2014
We thought we won the Crypto Wars, the fight to make strong encryption accessible to all, in the 1990s.1 We...
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Training UW team on how to use media tools to fight injustices in Uganda
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January 31, 2014
UW Photo:evicted without compensation from her home by security forces in Mubende district, this woman found a new home
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January 31, 2014
Cameron says he failed to make case for mass surveillance after Snowden leaks
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January 31, 2014
Patrick Wintour, political editor The Guardian, Thursday 30 January 2014 19.56 GMT Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward...
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StopWatching.Us: Rally Against Mass Surveillance
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January 30, 2014
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Data Privacy Day 2014: Think you have nothing to hide? Think again
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January 29, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014 By Adam Kingsmith “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.” This worn-out...
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Do Self-Destructing Messaging Apps Really Protect Your Privacy?
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January 29, 2014
Posted on Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 by Jan Legnitto Over the past two years, a privacy backlash has been developing...
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The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance is February 11th, 2014′
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January 29, 2014
By: wendydavis Tuesday January 28, 2014 2:28 pm [column grid="2" span="1"]2014-01-10 (08:00-12:00) Aaron Swartz: The documentary-Teaser [/column] From theDayWeFightBack.org action...
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The Day We Fight Back to Protest Surveillance
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January 29, 2014
By Matt Simons on Jan 28, 2014 On Feb. 11, 2014, in honor of the dual-anniversaries of Aaron Swartz’s...
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The Day We Fight Back
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January 29, 2014
Amy Kroin January 24, 2014 Surveillance Internet activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide last January — one year after he helped...
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Internet Activists Look Back at Aaron Swartz’s Life as ‘The Day We Fight Back’ Approaches
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January 29, 2014
By DJ Pangburn On January 11, 2013, federal prosecutors, in an aggressive campaign to bring high-profile convictions against hackers, finally broke the spirit...
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Aaron Swartz: The Life We Lost and the Day We Fight Back
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January 29, 2014
PARK CITY, Utah—A year after Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz’s suicide at the age of 26, a film about this...
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The Day We Fight Back: A Call To the International Community to Fight Against Mass Surveillance
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January 29, 2014
January 27, 2014 | By Katitza Rodriguez The Snowden revelations have confirmed our worst fears about online spying. They show...
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Obama faces digital divide growing wider on heels of FCC court ruling
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January 28, 2014
By Barnini Chakraborty Published January 27, 2014 The great digital divide that President Obama repeatedly has pledged to fix could...
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THE UNWANTED WITNESS statement on the Occasion of Government drafting a data protection and privacy Bill 2013
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January 24, 2014
We welcome the government’s decision to enact a law on Data Protection and Privacy but; the Bill should order...
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Google Search now reveals semisecret origins of sites
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January 23, 2014
by Seth Rosenblatt January 22, 2014 5:27 PM PST Google tweaks search results to include Web site background information from...
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UW News:Internet freedom under threat – new study
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January 22, 2014
By Ephraim Kasozi Posted Wednesday, January 22 2014 at 02:00 Kampala Although the Internet provides unrestricted platforms for expression and speech to...
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Government plans law to protect users of mobile phones
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January 22, 2014
By Stephen Otage Posted Wednesday, January 22 2014 at 02:00 Kampala The Ministry of Information Communication Technology (ICT) is preparing a Bill...
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Social media changing the protest landscape in China
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January 20, 2014
By Stephen Junor Despite state censorship and political repression, social media is changing the protest landscape in China. With the...
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Advocates and digital rights defenders reject Obama’s ‘whitewash’ of intrusive spying regime
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January 20, 2014
1:19pm | 17 January 2014 | by Katherine Maher, Millions Invited to Participate in “The Day We Fight Back” to...
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Govt begins monitoring internet in Uganda
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January 20, 2014
Monday 20th January, 2014 Internet Monitoring Government has invested heavily in monitoring devices to listen in, track and follow private...
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One Year After SOPA Blackout, Activists Celebrate ‘Internet Freedom Day’
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January 20, 2014
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Internet blackout in protest of SOPA and PIPA, and in celebration, Internet activists...
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Web activists celebrate ‘Internet Freedom Day’
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January 20, 2014
By Hayley Tsukayama, Published: January 18, 2013 One year ago, Web activists were celebrating the end of two Internet piracy bills....
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Internet Freedom Day: This Year We Go to War for Net Neutrality
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January 20, 2014
By Marvin Ammori 01.18.14 7:00 AM The loss of net neutrality this week was even bigger than expected. This time...
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Internet freedom day poem
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January 18, 2014
THE CONFIDANTE Your most trusted friend To him you whisper your darkest and warmest thoughts And he embraces them all,...
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Online freedoms hang in balance as we commemorate Internet Freedom Day #January 18th
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January 17, 2014
Solomon Lubambula Often people are only concerned with their offline rights, forgetting that their online freedoms are equally paramount especially...
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Internet Freedom Day: Cyber space in Uganda at stake
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January 17, 2014
Most of the issues discussed are theories in Uganda, with some formulated guidelines but nothing practically done. Whenever it...
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Internet in Uganda: a growing baby with shrinking space to express self
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January 17, 2014
If Internet in Uganda was a baby, he/she would be with every reason to write a petition well packaged...
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Unwanted Witness report on internet freedoms in Uganda
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January 17, 2014
Report Summary For Immediate release The right to privacy and internet freedoms facing threats in Uganda – Unwanted Witness Report...
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January 16, 2014
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Uwantedwitness responds to security threats online with support from @webwewant
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January 16, 2014
[column grid="2" span="1"]2014-01-10 (08:00-12:00) Godfrey discusses the findings about internet freedoms in Uganda [/column] [column grid="2" span="1"]2014-01-10 (08:00-12:00) Interactions...
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UW News: NITA, US, UTL reassure public on phone hackings
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January 14, 2014
By David Mugabe and Raymond Baguma THE Information Technology regulator is moving fast to close any gaps that can be...
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EU lacks a coherent strategy on free expression in digital sphere
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January 11, 2014
By Mike Harris / 10 January, 2014 This article is part of a series based on our report, Time to...
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Worldwide Internet, social media and mobile statistics: Dig into 183 pages of data
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January 11, 2014
By Jon Russell, Wednesday, 8 Jan '14 , 12:40pm Now that there are 2.5 billion people — roughly one-third of the...
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How the NSA Almost Killed the Internet
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January 11, 2014
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the other tech titans have had to fight for their lives against their own government. An...
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Unwanted witness-Uganda sensitize advocates on threats online
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January 11, 2014
DEO WALUSIMBI With the communication avenue in Uganda shifting from analog to digital, Unwanted Witness-Uganda, a human rights organization specialized...
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The Assembly and Association Briefing
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January 10, 2014
Call for input as Kiai readies report on groups most at risk UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom...
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How the NSA hacks PCs, phones, routers, hard disks ‘at speed of light’: Spy tech catalog leaks
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January 8, 2014
By Iain Thomson, The cellphone network you are connected to is not the network you want Mobile communications are also...
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10 ways governments are now stifling online speech.
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January 8, 2014
BY Sanja Kelly This year, at least 10 Internet users were arrested in Bahrain for insulting the king on Twitter. A...
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UW training on Responding to security emergencies online
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January 7, 2014
Responding to security emergencies online Event description Date: January 9, 2014 Trainers: - Sarah Nalubwama - G. W Ssebaggala - Godfrey...
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