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This is a continuation of Episode 9 in this episode, Eric Kabendera and Tito Magoti continue talking with Fatma about their gut wrenching experiences inside the notorious Segerea Maximum Security Prison in Dar-es-Salaam a city in Tanzania.

This episode is hosted by a special guest Fatma Karume a Tanzanian Human Rights Lawyer and Barrister. She moderates the conversation of Tito Magoti and Eric Kabendera two Tanzanian human rights defenders who have paid a heavy price for speaking truth to power. Tito and Eric became friends when their serving their time in the notorious Segerea Maximum security prison in Dar-es-salaam.

In this Episode, Eron Kiiza a Ugandan Lawyer and environmental human rights defender speaks about the impact of the Climate crisis on Uganda if protecting the environment is not prioritized. Eron was part of the legal team that represented the young students who we listed to in the previous episode when they were arrested and intimidated by the Ugandan security forces.

This episode features voices of young university students and Human rights defenders; Elizabeth Nyanzi, Solomon Nabuyanda, Kaye Yuda Tadeo and Lubega Nsamba despite arrests and intimidation, they are determined to go all the way. They were arrested and beaten up when they took to the streets of Kampala to protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipe Line.  In  October 2022,  headlines in the Ugandan media were all about East African Crude Oil Pipe Line. The European parliament threatened to withdraw funding citing the human rights impact of the pipeline. Young people voices are much needed  especially because their futures will be greatly impacted by the climate crisis.

In this episode, we host Lillian Nalwoga the President of the Internet society's Uganda chapter to discuss the raise of digital authoritarianism in Africa, in light of the Computer Misuse amendment Act 2022 in Uganda. Uganda has been accused of weaponizing laws to stifle online dissent. In 2021, during the Ugandan general elections, there was a total internet blackout in Uganda for close to 5 days.

The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2013 brought the world’s attention to the entrenched legal and social discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community in Uganda. Despite the legislation being repealed in 2014, there is substantial evidence of the law being enforced recently, with LGBTQI people frequently subject to arrest and arbitrary detentions. Sandra Kwikiriza a Ugandan queer woman and founder of Her Internet speaks to us about her lived experience as a queer woman living in Uganda.