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Uganda Military Crackdown Escalates as Human Rights Watch Reports Arbitrary Detentions and Media Suppression Under Museveni Administration

July 19, 2026 Harry Rosadi0Tagged activism, administration, arbitrary, civil rights, crackdown, detentions, escalates, human, human rights, media, military, museveni, ngo, protests, reports, rights, suppression, uganda, watch

The government of Uganda, under the long-standing leadership of President Yoweri Museveni, has intensified its use of the national military to silence political opposition and dismantle the country’s independent media landscape, according to a comprehensive report released today by Human Rights Watch (HRW). Since mid-June 2026, the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) has been implicated […]