UN Official Condemns Uganda Bill Allowing Civilians to Be Tried in Military Courts

UN Official condemns Uganda bill allowing civilians to be tried in military courts

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Friday sharply criticized recent legislation that allows civilians in Uganda to be tried in military courts. This comes in response to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed by parliament on Tuesday. In January, the Supreme Court of Uganda ruled in the case Attorney General v Kabaziguruka, declaring that the General Court Martial …

UN rights chief urges Uganda's president to reject bill allowing military trial of civilians

Turk warns proposed law undermines Supreme Court ruling, international human rights standards amid rising political repression - Anadolu Ajansı

Mpuuga’s Quiet Rebellion!! The Quiet Plan To Sink The UPDF Bill From Within

Nyendo-Mukungwe MP and former Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has revealed a covert legal strategy he crafted to challenge the controversial UPDF Amendment Bill from inside Parliament. While the Opposition ultimately staged a dramatic walkout in protest, Mpuuga says he had prepared an alternative: a set of detailed legal memoranda aimed at dismantling the bill’s foundations and swaying undecided MPs. “We had written legal memorand…

Kambula Appeals to Museveni not to Ascent to the UPDF Amendment Bill 2025

Peace Service Amb. Milton Kambula addresses the media in Kampala Peace Advocates led by Amb. Milton Kambula have appealed to President Museveni not to ascent to the recently passed UPDF Amendment bill 2025 that legalized trying civilians before the Military Court Martial. Early this week, Parliament passed the UPDF Amendment bill (2025) which among others sought to reinstate trying of civilians before the military court martial which the Supreme…

UN Sounds Alarm as Parliament Expands Military Court Jurisdiction Over Civilians

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced strong concern following the Ugandan Parliament’s passage of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (Amendment Bill) 2025, a controversial piece of legislation that significantly broadens the military court’s power to try civilians. The bill, passed on May 20th and now awaiting presidential assent, directly contradicts a landmark Supreme Court ruling earlier this year tha…

Ugandan military accuses EU diplomats of engaging in subversive activities - The Morning Sun

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan military authorities on Friday accused diplomats from Europe of engaging in subversive activities, in an escalation of tensions over European criticism of human rights violations by Uganda's security forces. Some European diplomats are mobilizing on behalf “the negative and traitorous groups opposed" to the government of President Yoweri Museveni, the military said in a statement. The statement singled out the Germ…