Views: 0 The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, has condemned the confiscation of National Identity Cards (IDs) by money lenders as collateral for loans, describing the practice as a violation of citizens’ rights and a threat to national security. Speaking during plenary on Thursday, 23 January 2025, during the Prime Minister’s Time which is a session […]
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Views: 5 Deputy Speaker Directs Human Rights Committee to Visit Besigye. The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, has instructed Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights to visit Luzira Prisons to ascertain whether Dr. Kizza Besigye is being treated in line with standard prison procedures. The directive was given to the committee, chaired by
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Views: 0 Eritrean asylum seekers trafficked, abused, extorted by network operating in Netherlands A group of Eritrean human traffickers, who partly operated from the Netherlands, committed large-scale human trafficking, violence, and other atrocities against asylum seekers from Eritrea, according to a study by the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking. Asylum seekers were locked up in
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Views: 2 ICC seeks answers from Italy over its release of Libyan war crimes suspect The International Criminal Court demanded answers from Italy on Wednesday over why it freed a Libyan man suspected of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence. Italy had detained Osama Elmasry Najeem on
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Views: 7 Kenya’s Cabinet Grants All African Countries Free Entry Except 2 President William Ruto’s administration announced plans to review the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) a year after its launch. In a Cabinet meeting , the Kenya Kwanza government exempted almost all African countries from ETA requirements, citing the need to promote tourism and regional
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Views: 4 New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 9,400 acres; forces evacuations orders for over 31,000 people A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 9,400 acres (38 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 31,000 people.
Views: 7 Royal Navy attack submarine warned off Russian spy ship from UK waters A Royal Navy attack submarine surfaced close to a Russian spy ship off the UK coast in an extraordinary warning to stop spying on British undersea cables, the defence secretary has revealed. John Healey, in a highly unusual statement to
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Views: 7 Three people stabbed in random attack at bus stop near Japan ski resort A man died and two were injured in a stabbing attack at a train station in Nagano, a popular ski resort in central Japan, police said. The incident, suspected to be a random attack with no one targeted in particular, occurred near JR Nagano Station
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Views: 5 Amazon to close 7 warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec and eliminate 1,700 jobs The e-commerce giant said the move would provide “even more savings to our customers over the long run.” However, a Canadian union that successfully unionized one warehouse accused the company of closing its sites to fend off organizing efforts in the
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Views: 8 President Donald Trump warns Joe Biden: ‘He didn’t pardon himself’ Donald Trump on Thursday, in his first interview since taking the oath as US President for the second time, issued a warning to Joe Biden, saying his predecessor had not given himself a pre-emptive pardon that would guard him against any actions
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