Tag: Uganda
How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
15 May 2025
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As we mark the IDAHOBIT 2025, we highlight research on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws and show how they can lead to digital entrapment and human rights violations.
The most violent year: internet shutdowns in 2023
15 May 2024
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Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition documented 283 internet shutdowns in 2023 — the highest number since 2016.
Around the world, threats to LGBTQ+ speech deepen
28 Jun 2023
Privacy first: Ugandan court hears civil society’s human rights warnings on digital identity system
27 Mar 2023
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The High Court or Uganda has ruled to allow expert intervention from Access Now and partners on the human rights red flags around the country’s digital ID system.