Uganda: Sovereignty Bill Threatens Speech, Assembly

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Ugandan lawmakers arrive at the parliament, in Kampala, Uganda September 21, 2017. © 2018 Reuters (Nairobi) – A bill before Uganda’s parliament that proposes sweeping controls over “foreign funding” and political activity threatens fundamental rights and could be used to shut down civil society, Human Rights Watch said today. The bill emulates laws adopted in recent years by other rights-abusing governments, which have been deemed to violate international law.On April 15, 2026, Internal Affairs State Minister David Muhoozi introduced the Protection of Sovereignty…

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