Asst. Prof. of Global Health at Allegheny College. Writing a book on Global Medical Apartheid Logic. Anthropologist. PhD @NorthwesternU. Mostly posting about UG
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Jan 14
So the tactic is: deny, confuse, and delay. Make people stop preparing for an internet blackout so it’s more effective when it inevitably happens, as it has repeatedly in the past decade.
𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊: 𝐍𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧
The Government of Uganda has not ordered any internet shutdown during the upcoming elections. Claims suggesting otherwise are false, misleading, and intended to cause unnecessary fear and tension among the public.
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Jan 14
A Ugandan government spokesperson is posting while their government has shut down the internet across the entire country. Claiming the country is “safe and open for business” during an internet blackout is ironic.
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Uganda is still seeking new IMF financing to manage its debt. Negotiations on a new IMF credit program are expected to continue after elections. dw.com/en/ugandas-debt-crisi…
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"Those detained including Sarah Bireete, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist, who was arrested at home in Kampala on 30 December. ... Her arrest marks a new level of repression." rfi.fr/en/africa/20260108-cr…
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One way to misread the America First Global Health Strategy is to take Secretary Marco Rubio at his word and treat it as a radical ideological break. austinbryanphd.substack.com/…
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Austin Bryan retweeted
Jan 4
Museveni: “We closed Facebook 5 years ago after some people were misusing it. If they behave well, it will be reopened.”
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18 Dec 2025
I go through ~50 airports a year but I’ve never seen this
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17 Dec 2025
This narrative is tired, misleading, and harmful. Exploiting fear for political gain does not protect values—it puts vulnerable minority communities at risk. Redefining leadership as the rejection of others is a false and exhausted narrative. True values protect human dignity, especially for those most at risk.
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Austin Bryan retweeted
16 Dec 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Bobi Wine tells CNN the upcoming election is a war against him as security services have unleashed violence on him and his supporters. We got teargassed while covering one of his rallies.
"General Museveni sees Uganda as his personal property and us as his slaves"
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17 Dec 2025
"...as well as provide support for faith-based health care providers and for health care services to the Ugandan military..."
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9 Dec 2025
Hit in the face with a cane by 'Uganda security forces' as they approached a campaign venue in Gulu. Other supporters were also beaten and hospitalised. reuters.com/world/africa/uga…
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3 Dec 2025
Today, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk deplored the intensifying crackdown on the opposition and the media in Uganda ahead of next month’s general election
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3 Dec 2025
Ahead of 2026 elections: 60% of Ugandans say they personally fear becoming a victim of political intimidation or violence during election campaigns afrobarometer.org/publicatio…
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19 Nov 2025
A “transit hub” in Uganda where people would be deported will open as early as next year?
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19 Nov 2025
He admits to putting them in "the fridge", meaning extra-judicial or non-transparent detention outside normal the legal processes and held without formal charge or trial for an extended time bbc.com/news/articles/cn8v9v…
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1 Oct 2025
In the 2018/19 shutdown, 14,000 air traffic controllers worked without pay for 35 days! NATCA, their union, warned about extreme safety risks as training halted and sick calls led to major delays, all pressure that helped force Trump & Republicans to finally end the standoff.
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1 Oct 2025
Air traffic controllers are deemed “essential” fed. employees to keep us safe, but during a govt. shutdown, they’re literally forced to work without pay. Their livelihoods become bargaining chips while public safety hangs in the balance.
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1 Oct 2025
The last U.S. gov shutdown (Dec 22, 2018-Jan 25, 2019) lasted 35 days & was the longest in history. It happened under the Trump administration, after he demanded border wall funding.
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