Austin Bryan

Asst. Prof. of Global Health at Allegheny College. Writing a book on Global Medical Apartheid Logic. Anthropologist. PhD @NorthwesternU. Mostly posting about UG

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

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[Pew Research Center @pewresearch]

Out of 106 democracies around the world, Washington, D.C. is the only capital city whose residents have no voting representation in the national legislature. 🌎

#USDemocracy #WashingtonDC

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

Daily Monitor and NTV are among Uganda's most influential independent news organizations. Their reporting has long played a central role in covering elections, corruption, governance, and public health.

[Daily Monitor @DailyMonitor]

BREAKING NEWS: Military lays siege to Daily Monitor, NTV after Gen Muhoozi orders shutdown

Details👇🏽 https://t.co/pLfV0nONlp

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

You can learn a lot about a government by who it fears.

[Muhoozi Kainerugaba @mkainerugaba]

Mzee has approved my plan to close both NTV and Monitor. We are moving immediately!

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

So the tactic is: deny, confuse, and delay. Make people stop preparing for an internet blackout so it’s more effective when it inevitably happens, as it has repeatedly in the past decade.

[Government of Uganda @GovUganda]

𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊: 𝐍𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧
The Government of Uganda has not ordered any internet shutdown during the upcoming elections. Claims suggesting otherwise are false, misleading, and intended to cause unnecessary fear and tension among the public.

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

A Ugandan government spokesperson is posting while their government has shut down the internet across the entire country. Claiming the country is “safe and open for business” during an internet blackout is ironic.

[Marcella Karekye @MKarekye]

We are open, we are safe. We are open for business #ExploreUG

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

Uganda is still seeking new IMF financing to manage its debt. Negotiations on a new IMF credit program are expected to continue after elections. https://t.co/dtrYIjKUe2

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

"Those detained including Sarah Bireete, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist, who was arrested at home in Kampala on 30 December. ... Her arrest marks a new level of repression." https://t.co/mE77Ir5fsF

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

One way to misread the America First Global Health Strategy is to take Secretary Marco Rubio at his word and treat it as a radical ideological break. https://t.co/y1MjhWwLEC

[UBC UGANDA @ubctvuganda]

Museveni: “We closed Facebook 5 years ago after some people were misusing it. If they behave well, it will be reopened.”

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

I go through ~50 airports a year but I’ve never seen this

[Frank Mugisha @frankmugisha]

This narrative is tired, misleading, and harmful. Exploiting fear for political gain does not protect values—it puts vulnerable minority communities at risk. Redefining leadership as the rejection of others is a false and exhausted narrative. True values protect human dignity, especially for those most at risk.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

EXCLUSIVE: Bobi Wine tells CNN the upcoming election is a war against him as security services have unleashed violence on him and his supporters. We got teargassed while covering one of his rallies.

"General Museveni sees Uganda as his personal property and us as his slaves"

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

"...as well as provide support for faith-based health care providers and for health care services to the Ugandan military..."

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https://t.co/SMtkW5QflE

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

Hit in the face with a cane by 'Uganda security forces' as they approached a campaign venue in Gulu. Other supporters were also beaten and hospitalised. https://t.co/9uqolp5vF2

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

Useful https://t.co/YcdnRubGQ6

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

Today, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk deplored the intensifying crackdown on the opposition and the media in Uganda ahead of next month’s general election
https://t.co/9QJ9oUq3Ib

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

Ahead of 2026 elections: 60% of Ugandans say they personally fear becoming a victim of political intimidation or violence during election campaigns https://t.co/HsoulFJQdS

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

A “transit hub” in Uganda where people would be deported will open as early as next year?
https://t.co/VTU9WtHAro

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

He admits to putting them in "the fridge", meaning extra-judicial or non-transparent detention outside normal the legal processes and held without formal charge or trial for an extended time https://t.co/fwZeDZYIln

[Austin Bryan @austindbryan]

In the 2018/19 shutdown, 14,000+ air traffic controllers worked without pay for 35 days! NATCA, their union, warned about extreme safety risks as training halted and sick calls led to major delays, all pressure that helped force Trump & Republicans to finally end the standoff.