For October this year, we will be reading a collection of stories written by one author:
Tropical Fish: Stories from Entebbe, by Doreen Baingana. Listen to an NPR interview of the author here.
The stories are set in Uganada after Idi Amin, and told in the voices of sisters. To read more about Idi Amin, please read this article HRW wrote after Idi Amin's death in 2003.
You can also listen to this great podcast from HRW, interviewing Andrew Rice's book on Idi Amin's Uganda and international justice. If you are interested in other books about human rights and Uganda, you may want to start with this one.
To read more about Uganda, check out the BBC's country profile page.
You can also find the book and read a little bit on Google Books.
HRW reports that include information on women's rights in Uganda in the context of violent conflict and in the context of HIV/AIDS are worth a look.
Reading HRW's recent news releases, it is clear that Uganda is still a country struggling with human rights issues: just this month, police have used lethal force on civilian protests; they continue to detain citizens without trial or charge and use torture, enforced disappearances, and forced confessions in anti-terrorism arrests; and the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army), led by Ugandan rebels, is still contributing to violence and disorder in Congo, while Ugandan forces are still in Congo after a failed operation against the rebels.
