Human Rights

Politics & Policy

US response to Uganda’s anti-gay law and persistent human rights violations

US government, at the direction of President Biden, published an account of all the actions it has taken in response to the Anti-Homosexuality Act and other human rights concerns
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel hosts an honour guard to welcome Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni to the Pentagon for a meeting 27 September 2013
Politics & Policy

US sanctions prison chief over human rights abuses

Johnson Byabashaija heads an organisation that has tortured government critics and LGBTQI+ people
Johnson Byabashaija, the commissioner general of prisons. The US has imposed financial sanctions on Johnson Byabashaija, the commissioner general of prisons, in a review and expansion of its visa restriction policy targeting Ugandan officials it says are complicit in human rights abuses.
Politics & Policy

US announces visa restrictions in latest anti-gay law sanctions

US to deny visas to officials responsible for anti-gay law and policies that oppress other vulnerable groups
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on US foreign policy at the US Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.
OpinionPolitics & Policy

What the World Bank’s aid freeze says about the struggle over funds and sovereignty

Despite its insistence on national ownership of its projects, the World Bank uses its loan portfolio to govern and control its clients
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni (gesturing) and United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon in Kampala in 2013
Politics & Policy

Anti-gay law: Biden administration moves to exclude Uganda from trade pact

President Biden said that despite 'intensive engagement', Uganda had failed to address US concerns about its failure to meet AGOA eligibility criteria
The United States White House in Washington DC
Politics & Policy

US warns companies of risks of doing business in Uganda

Biden administration issues advisory warning of heightened operational risks in Uganda due to 'endemic corruption' and human rights restrictions
The main gate of the Parliament of Uganda in Kampala, Uganda
OpinionPolitics & Policy

World Bank’s loan freeze tests its supposed non-political stance

The World Bank's recent decision to halt new loans to Uganda over its anti-homosexuality law highlights the blurred lines between economics and politics, raising questions about its approach to navigating complex social issues
The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC.