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Resisting Fossil Fuel Development in Uganda | Human Right Watch



Environmental Defenders Face Harassment, Intimidation, Arbitrary Arrests

Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda routinely face arbitrary arrests, harassment, and threats for raising concerns over a planned oil pipeline in East Africa.

The Ugandan government’s restricts freedom of expression, association, and assembly related to oil development, including the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Civil society organizations and environmental defenders regularly report being harassed and intimidated, unlawfully detained, or arbitrarily arrested.

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