Uganda

Reports and Analysis

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Case Study

Huawei infiltration in Uganda

Unwanted Witness, our partner organisation based in Uganda, explore critical questions around Huawei's surveillance dealings with the Ugandan government raise. While Huawei's relationship with the government raises concerns for human rights, many of these concerns remain unaddressed.

Report

For God and My President: State Surveillance In Uganda

Privacy International's new report, For God and My President: State Surveillance in Uganda, exposes the secret surveillance operation and the government's attempts to buy further powerful surveillance tools, including a national communications monitoring centre and intrusion malware, in the absence

Long Read

Uganda's Grand Ambitions Of Secret Surveillance

We hate to say we told you so. Privacy International has for years warned that powerful surveillance technologies are used to facilitate serious human rights abuses with insufficient technological and legal safeguards against abuse. We now have the most solid evidence to date that we were right. Our

News

3rd March 2020

One Year On, what has Uganda’s Data Protection Law Changed?

9th February 2018

Online surveillance becomes a priority for the Human Rights Council, as Pakistan joins the wrong side of the debate

15th October 2015

Ugandan Government Deployed FinFisher Spyware To 'Crush' Opposition, Track Elected Officials And Media In Secret Operation During Post-Election Protests, Documents Reveal

29th November 2012

With New Promise Comes New Perils: ICTs And The Right To Privacy In Africa

Examples of Abuse

Want to know how this translate in the real world? Here is the latest example in the news.

Unwanted Witness - Government of Uganda must respect human rights in the use of Surveillance technologies to fight Coronavirus

Our partners from Unwanted Witness in Uganda wrote a formal letter to the Ministry of Information Communications Technology and National Guidance demanding for strict observance of human rights for any intended use of surveillance technologies to fight COVID-19. In a letter addressed to the

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Our Advocacy

Pay No Attention To That Man Behind the Curtain: Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance

Privacy and security are both essential to protecting individuals, including their autonomy and dignity. Undermining privacy undermines the security of individuals, their devices and the broader infrastructure. People need privacy to freely secure themselves, their information, and fully enjoy other

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