re-published from Amnesty International website
Uganda: Government should reverse decision to ban workshop intended to discuss human rights issues affecting sex workers
Amnesty International today condemns the decision by the Ugandan government’s Ethics and Integrity Minister to ban a three-day civil society workshop that had been intended to discuss human rights issues of concern to sex workers in Uganda and other East African countries. The organization calls on the Ugandan government to reverse the Minister’s decision stopping this workshop. The government must also unequivocally state its commitment to supporting human rights work.