UW Statements
Celebrating the International Safer Internet Day
We celebrate International Safer Internet Day, an annual event that aims to raise awareness about the safe and responsible use of the internet.Read More »Unwanted Witness welcomes a new report published, by the United Nations Special Rapporteur, reaffirming inequalities and injustices caused by mandatory identification systems.
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.Read More »Parliament’s failure to regulate surveillance threatens Human Rights in Uganda.
Kampala, January 26, 2022, Uganda’s increasing adoption of surveillance technology in public spaces does not correspond with […]Read More »First “Privacy Scorecard” Finds Uganda’s Top Data Collectors Struggle with Data Protection and Privacy Compliance
Analysis of 32 organizations across seven sectors finds a lack of legal compliance in Uganda, inconsistent […]Read More »Unwanted Witness Launches an Internet Disruption Notification Tool for the Visually Impaired.
Kampala, 30th / 09/ 2021; Unwanted Witness has launched the Network Disruption Audio Notifier (NetDAN) tool for visually […]Read More »‘Chased Away and Left to Die’: New human rights report finds that Uganda’s national digital ID system leads to mass exclusion
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.Read More »Online Violence Against Women: A Call to Action
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.Read More »Privacy, data safety, and trust are eroding in Uganda as government censorship intensifies.
We join the rest of the world to commemorate international Data Privacy Day. The day aims at raising awareness about respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust.Read More »Blocking social media is a direct attack on democracy in Uganda, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.
When a country like Uganda is aiming at becoming a middle income economy and wants to anchor the growth on its information and communication sector, Internet shutdowns send all the wrong signals to investors and consumers.Read More »Unwanted Witness Condemns the Heinous Acts of Violence Against Journalists
Unwanted Witness strongly condemns the ongoing odious acts of violence and harassment meted on journalists by security operatives in Uganda.Read More »