Lawrence Alado is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Uganda. This is one in a seasonal series of columns by JURIST law student staff and correspondents discussing their summer work in support of justice, human rights and the rule of law, in their own countries and around the world. The first week of my internship in [...]

Lawrence Alado is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Uganda. This is one in a seasonal series of columns by JURIST law student staff and correspondents discussing their summer work in support of justice, human rights and the rule of law, in their own countries and around the world.   This summer, I have the humbling opportunity [...]

Lawrence Alado is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Uganda. He reports from Kampala.   With over 389 MPs sitting in person, Parliament this afternoon passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The votes for the passing of the Bill were more than the required 2/3rds, and though challenged by several human rights activists, the august house has proceeded to [...]

Lawrence Alado is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Uganda. He reports from Kampala.  Speaking at a dedication service convened under the theme, “Let your light shine; rebuilding our Godly image”, the Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament announced Tuesday that an anti-gay bill will be presented before the Parliament of the country tomorrow, the 1st of March. [...]

Venezuela Saturday rejected a decision by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to resume an investigation into alleged human rights violations by the country’s officials. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria said that the government does not agree with the official request made by the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP). He stated, “Venezuela regrets [...]

The United Nations Human Rights Chief Friday denounced the Houthi movement for committing war crimes in Yemen. According to UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk, the UN Human Rights Office has verified three incidents of shelling in government-controlled areas that killed a boy and a man and wounded others. The office also verified three incidents of [...]

Former South African president Jacob Zuma Saturday accused his successor President Cyril Ramaphosa of treason and corruption. Speaking for the first time since serving a 15-month jail term for contempt of court, Zuma declared, “o president should conduct private business while in office. It is not allowed. Our country’s problems are too big for a [...]

Brazil’s national electoral authority Thursday approved rules to limit online disinformation, targeting “the systematic production of misinformation, characterized by the persistent publication of false or decontextualized information about the electoral process.” The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) unanimously approved rules to maintain the integrity of the upcoming electoral process by fighting against the spread of misinformation that [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday asked the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to end a special master review of thousands of documents that the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate. The request argues that Judge Aileen Cannon was wrong to grant a special master review at Trump’s request because [...]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Thursday signed the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act into law, amending the Computer Misuse Act of 2011. Introduced by Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko, the Act lists imposes punishments on people who send malicious information, hate speech, unsolicited information or information about children without the consent of their parents or guardians. Section [...]