Day: 24 May 2011

Fresh from being sworn in as president for another five years, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni has described both local and international media as “enemies” at a time when local journalists are protesting brutal assaults and harassment by security forces. In a May 17 statement to the media, President Museveni took issue with the media for their […]

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s proposal to amend the Constitution to deny bail to individuals involved in demonstrations and the ambiguous proposed crime of economic sabotage has attracted condemnation from both critics and loyalists.Scholars, lawyers, politicians and the media say the proposal would curtail freedom of expression and other fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Museveni […]