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Human Rights Insights
In Uganda’s ever-tightening civic space, where dissent is criminalized and visibility can be dangerous, the fight for human rights is taking on a new form—art as resistance, storytelling as survival, and community as a sanctuary.
Festival News
The Human Rights Are Universal Festival is excited to announce "DEFEND" as the theme for our 2025 edition, focusing on climate change, discrimination, democracy, and freedom of expression.
Human Rights Insights
For marginalized communities, art becomes an even more vital tool. Often denied platforms and silenced by dominant narratives, their stories are frequently distorted or erased. Art provides an unmediated space for self-expression, allowing these communities to reclaim their narratives, assert their identities, and share their truths on their own terms. It empowers them to become creators of meaning, rather than passive subjects of someone else's story.
