The U.S. needs to review its security relationship with Uganda. Gen. @mkainerugaba's attacks on free speech, including shuttering major media houses this weekend, make him & the UPDF unfit partners. We should only work with those who advance regional security, not diminish it.
Uganda's leading independent media group says it is under "military siege" after the army chief - who is the son of President Yoweri Museveni - ordered the closure of TV stations, newspapers and radio outlets. https://t.co/jcRs1i6MLK
Hon Dr. Miria Matembe is the current matriarch of the women’s movement in Uganda. She is the moral authority and guiding force behind women’s rights activism. She, together with other women leaders, helped shape, legitimize, and institutionalize the women’s movement at a critical historical moment of the making of the 1995 Constitution.
Her voice carries weight because of her integrity, courage, and consistency in standing for women’s rights. She has inspired, mentored, and opened space for younger women leaders, activists, and policymakers.
We acknowledge her willingness to confront patriarchy, state power, and cultural resistance, often at personal and political cost. She represents the bridge between early struggles for women’s political inclusion and today’s gender equality discourse.
Matembe today is the matriarch of the women’s movement because of her historical role, enduring influence, and symbolic motherhood over a movement that transformed women’s participation in public and political life. #FreeMiriaMatembe
This is so sad. Jayden passed away today morning at around 5pm after a long battle with sick cell anemia. He had flown out for a bone marrow transplant in May and has since been in ICU. May his soul rest in peace 😭
FREE THE PRESS!
FREE NTV!
FREE DAILY MONITOR!
FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!
FREE DR. MIRIA MATEMBE!
FREE UGANDA!
NO ONE SHOULD BE COERCED TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT THEY DID NOT DO!