Albertine Watchdog

Total to face court for failing to comply with the Vigilance law and the requirements of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

1.5°C: 14 cities and 4 associations formally requested Total to uphold its legal duty to combat climate change Following a meeting with a team from Total and the company’s CEO, […]

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Taking total to court: Civil Society activists to present Solid evidence as Total has denied that she is not involved in human rights violation and lack of vigilance

Total and Atacama Consulting have committed widespread systematic human rights abuses against local communities. Well documented allegations of violent and systematic abuses include rape, torture, forced labor, land confiscation, and […]

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Hoima: Environmental Activist received death threats from the Hoima Resident District Commissioner (RDC).

On August 15, Batwaimasa Janepher, an Environmental Human Rights Defender working with the Navigators of Development Organisation (NAVODA) in the Albertine region was directly attacked by the Resident District Commissioner […]

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Is EU Defending the Defenders? New Amnesty International report shows that the European Union (EU) is short on its promises to protect Human Rights Defenders.

Human rights defenders face mounting deadly threats and attacks for defending the rights of all of us. At this crucial and challenging moment for defenders, new Amnesty International Report asks: is the European […]

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The struggles to protect the Albertine region of Uganda amidst the growing Environmental threats and Ecological degradation resulting from extractives and Agri-business

The greatest threat Uganda should prepare to face today is not political, nor economic, but environmental. Uganda is going to face an unprecedented crisis of water resources that threatens to […]

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The community in Kijayo evicted by Hoima Sugar Limited drinking Polluted water

May 22, 2019 uhuru One comment

There is an urgent appeal for the Kikube and Hoima district Local governments administrations and the Hoima Sugar Limited, the company behind the eviction of 5000 people in Kijayo to make sure that they provide a regular and constant supply of safe and clean water to the landless communities evicted […]

The court in Uganda has allowed the destruction of 22 square miles of part of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve in Hoima District to pave way for sugarcane growing.

May 1, 2019 uhuru Leave a comment

The Bugoma Forest is a protected tropical forest that is situated southwest of Hoima and northeast of Kyenjojo towns, and east of Lake Albert, in the Hoima district of western Uganda. It was gazetted in the 1930s and came under the mandate of the National Forestry Authority in 2003. The […]

People’s views about the ongoing Oil developments in their communities and how they are affected because of irresponsible oil activities being undertaken on their territories by total and the Atacama consulting

April 29, 2019 uhuru Leave a comment

Every community member from all over the villages of Ngwedu sub-county in Buliisa district is experiencing the same complex problems. The problems are mostly linked to the theft of their land, water sources and cultural sites. Land grabbing and forceful evictions accompanied with low compensation rates which are not affected […]

Ola Bini the Swedish Developer Who Visited Assange Arrested In Ecuador

April 14, 2019 uhuru Leave a comment

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An ace Swedish programmer who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks has been arrested in Ecuador in an alleged plot to blackmail the country’s president over his abandonment of Julian Assange. But friends of Ola Bini say the soft-spoken encryption expert is being unfairly targeted […]

Free Ola Bini

April 14, 2019 uhuru Leave a comment

This Blog post is to help free our friend Ola who has done so much for this world. The Albertine Watch can attest to that and it pains us to see what is happening to him! Please read and take action. it is very important. Call the President of Ecuador […]

Environmental Defender Amanzuru is receiving death threatening messages from Ugandan Ministry of Health Employee Kevin Kelike Aza

April 13, 2019 uhuru Leave a comment

Adjumani: Environmental Human rights defender William Leslie Amanzuru is receiving death threatening messages from Kevin Kelike Aza , a midwife with Ugandan Ministry of Health in Gulu district. According to the twitter posting by Amanzuru its believed that the threats against him is getting to another sophisticated level that needs […]

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