Human Rights Watch: Uganda - Northern Village May Be Disenfranchised
December 23, 2020
December 23, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 22:
Thousands of people in the village of Apaa in Northern Uganda may be unable to vote in the January 14, 2021 elections if authorities do not take urgent steps to update the voters' register, Human Rights Watch said today. Against the backdrop of a decade-long land dispute with the government, the Apaa community members have been denied many of their rights.
Between November 2019 and Mar . . .
Thousands of people in the village of Apaa in Northern Uganda may be unable to vote in the January 14, 2021 elections if authorities do not take urgent steps to update the voters' register, Human Rights Watch said today. Against the backdrop of a decade-long land dispute with the government, the Apaa community members have been denied many of their rights.
Between November 2019 and Mar . . .