Witness Radio Organization is a nonpartisan and not-for-profit registered network of human rights investigative journalists, lawyers, and social workers using legal aid support and media-leaning approaches. Its primary focus is to promote and protect economic, social, and cultural rights and development in Uganda. Started in 2016, the organization provides legal representation and support to poor, vulnerable, and land grab-affected communities. It uses Information Communication Technology (ICT) platforms as its primary mediums to achieve its goals. Witness Radio mobilizes, organizes, and empowers native communities to understand land laws and to take a central role in defending and protecting their lands using the same legal framework.
Mission
Witness Radio mobilizes, organizes, and empowers native communities to understand land laws and to take the central role in defending and protecting their lands using the same legal framework.
Our work in development finance
Witness Radio investigates land investments projects with negative impacts on communities in Uganda, especially those financed by global entities like World bank and government financial agencies like DFID, FINNFUND and EXIM bank among others that are funding companies dispossessing communities through violent and excessive force.
Geographic Focus
Africa
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We are excited to announce that, w/ our member @WRIEquity, we are developing a new initiative to protect Grassroots Environmental #Defenders!
The Standing Together for Environmental Defenders (#STAND) will offer training, financial support and collaborative partnerships 🧵(1/4)
📢 Save the Date! 📅 16:00CET, 9 April
Join BHRRC’s @ChristenDobson as she speaks at the online launch of new Indicators on Business & Human Rights, spearheaded by @ISHRglobal.
Register here👉: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5m9V1XgyQ0mN83ltukcjFg#/registration
🚨Today, as their hearing takes place, we urge authorities in #ElSalvador to drop all charges against 5 environmental rights defenders from @ades_sm.
The criminalization of HRDs for peacefully protecting their territory must end❗️
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/upcoming-hearing-five-community-leaders-and-environmental-rights-defenders-facing-2
Very worrying news from #Kyrgyzstan, where the president has signed the controversial law on "foreign representatives", that risks stigmatizing and silencing critical voices.
https://cpj.org/2024/04/kyrgyzstan-president-signs-russian-style-foreign-agents-law/
In a recent letter, local & intl CSOs had called on development banks to take a stance to protect #civicspace and use their leverage to push the Kyrgyz govt to stop the law.
https://rightsindevelopment.org/news/kyrgyzstan-foreign-representative-law/
Standing in solidarity with our Kyrgyz partners, we hope the govt will now withdraw the other proposed law on NGOs and will not use the new bill on foreign repr to target critics & silence dissent.
Read more in this analysis by @ICNLAlliance 👇
https://www.icnl.org/post/analysis/analysis-of-the-kyrgyz-republic-draft-law-on-non-governmental-organizations