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Opinion: commemorating Covid-19 will be a complex task given that it will be difficult to commemorate something we might all want to forget Over the coming months, government departments will collaborate with different stakeholders, including the National Archives, Creative Ireland and the Arts Council, to develop a programme of initiatives aimed at capturing the Covid-19 experience in Ireland. However, capturing experience is different to commemorating it. Commemoration is a fundamental proces...

Daily Monitor Monday January 11 2021 Protesters barricade a road in Kampala during riots that erupted on November 18. About 54 people were killed in the riots. PHOTO | STEPHEN OTAGE Summary According to the press statement by the UNCHR spokesperson, Ms Ravina Shamdasani, numerous human rights violations have been reported including; violation of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and participation, arbitrary deprivation of life, arbitrary arrest and detention, and torture. S...

Elections

1) Uganda We are deeply concerned by the deteriorating human rights situation in Uganda ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for 14 January and the challenges this situation may pose not only for voting day itself, but also for the post-electoral period. In the run-up to the election, numerous human rights violations have been reported, including of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and participation, as well as arbitrary deprivation of life, arbitrar...