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| Dr. Sewanyana receiving the award from the Belgian and EU Ambassador to Uganda; Alain Hanssen and Kristian Schmidt. |
With
over 30 years of human rights activism in Uganda, Dr. Sewanyana has spearheaded
various human rights campaigns in Uganda and beyond. His name is synonymous
with the campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in Uganda; prisons
reform; electoral democracy; access to justice for poor and vulnerable persons;
police reform; judicial independence and integrity; juvenile justice; women’s
rights; the right to bail; media freedoms; freedom of expression, association
and assembly, civil society space; freedom from torture and the right to
education among others.
His
work with the judiciary, prisons, universities, communities, faith-based
institutions and schools, has demonstrated that human rights are values that
can indeed be embraced. His work in the trenches, on the streets and in meeting
rooms, Dr. Sewanyana has demonstrated a sharp intellect, as well as a deep
insight on matters relating to human rights.
Risking the wrath of state and non- state actors, He has made a considerable impact on the improvement
of human rights in Uganda.
This EU award is a welcome addition to the numerous accolades won him and the organization at large. Last year, the Foundation took home the World
Savers Excellence Human Rights and Justice Organisation 2014 Award. As
President Emeritus, the Namilyango Old Boys Association adorned on him the award for his outstanding, distinguished and
dedicated service to the association in 2014. He received the Prestigious Founding Member Award 2014
from HURINET and in 2013, he won the Pan-African
Human Rights Defenders Award for the Eastern African sub-region.
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| The Award that Dr. Sewanyana won. |
As a team, we congratulate him on this achievement. With a glass of champagne and a few congratulatory remarks from Sheik Hassan Shire, the Executive Director; East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, we tossed to his new award.
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| Sheik Hassan Shire and Dr. Sewanyana together with the staff of Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) at the Human Rights House Foyer making a toast to the achievement |
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