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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Guidelines on police searches of NGO offices

Issue: Civic Space

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Last Updated: September 19, 2025

Police searches of NGO offices and confiscation of properties such as computers, mobile phones, financial transaction documents, activity files and data among others, on allegations of inter alia illicit financing, funding subversive activities, planning to burn the city, raise serious human rights and legal concerns.

Chapter Four Uganda has published a guide of 17 points on what you need to know and do in the event of polices searches at your offices.

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