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Radio Terra field agents after completing training on establishing listeners' clubs in Mahagi, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Radio Terra Trains 48 Field Agents to Launch Listeners’ Clubs Across the Lendu Plateau

Radio Terra FM has trained 48 field agents to set

Pacuwegi Oneranda (Aceronga), a 2023 Kilimo Award recipient and women's rights defender from Wagungu Chiefdom on Lake Albert, DRC, advocating for fishing and farming communities.

On the Frontline and Under Fire: The Women Defending Our Forests, Rivers, and Rights

This International Women’s Day, Environmental Defenders honors the women environmental

Daily Monitor journalists in Kampala protest with tape over their mouths after a 2013 police raid, an early sign of shrinking civic space in Uganda

Uganda’s Suspension of Human Rights NGOs Is Part of a Long Pattern of Shrinking Civic Space and Targeting of Environmental and Land Rights Defenders

Brief: The Uganda NGO suspension ahead of the January 2026

Uganda Communications Commission officials brief the media on the easing of the Uganda internet shutdown, January 18, 2026

Uganda’s Internet Shutdown Exposes How Digital Repression Undermines Democracy, Climate Justice, and the Defense of Land and Human Rights

Banner image: The UCC Executive Director briefs the media on

Voices of defenders – Edna Piyic

Security Concerns in Land Tenure Data Collection, Monitoring, and Reporting of Environmental Crimes and Human Rights Abuses

Collecting land tenure data, monitoring land disputes, and reporting environmental