The Democratic Party (DP) could have performed better in the recently concluded parliamentary by elections in Bukoto South in Lwengo district in greater Masaka, but it has been challenged to front a candidate in Kasese district where another MP by elections are due to take place and see how it would perform. The DP […]
Front Line offers a 6 month internship for postgraduate students of the University of Peking’s International Human Rights Programme. This six-month programme is based at Front Line’s offices in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Selected participants work on a single identified project related to the international protection of human rights defenders and engage in training appropriate to […]
Apply for Internship at African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights Internship at African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights: The purpose of the Internship is to support the work of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders at the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR). It is a 12 month position based […]
The Frank Jennings Internship has been set up to give an opportunity for dedicated and talented individuals to gain experience working for the protection of human rights defenders in an international NGO and at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Two interns are selected each year starting one in April and one […]
Front Line Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders: Each year Front Line recruits two human rights defenders at risk to take part in a 6 month fellowship and training program. The locations could include Dublin, Brussels etc. Selected participants work on a specific project related to the international protection of human rights defenders as well as […]
The Omara Bashir government in Northern Sudan is in trouble after intelligence reports indicated that the major rebel groups there are planning to carry out massive attacks onKhartoum. The main rebel forces in Northern include the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the […]
The Omara Bashir government in Northern Sudan is in trouble after intelligence reports indicated that the major rebel groups there are planning to carry out massive attacks on Khartoum. The main rebel forces in Northern include the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the […]
A formerUSmarine soldier, Nix Bongomin who was arrested by Uganda Peoples Defence Forces yesterday in northernUgandaover recruiting rebels into the ‘Peoples Patriotic Front’ has denied the charges. He has told UPDF detectives in Pader today that theUgandasoldiers picked him on Monday under pretext that he was a rebel. Bongomin says that he is a law […]
Doctors in Mulago hospital say Pamela Asiimwe, 26, a teacher in Ntungamo whose hands were chop off by a UPDF soldier Deus Twinamasiko and left her hands hanging in the skin is out of danger. The head of surgeon at Mulago hospital Dr. Michael Muhumuza said that Pamela Asiimwe will recover despite of sustaining serious […]