Ugandan President’s son threatens to “crush” journalists

Issue: Threats against journalists; Media freedom
Date: 5 December 2022
Location: Kampala, Uganda
No. of people affected: Unspecified
Profession of affected person(s): Journalists
Perpetrator: Army officer

WHAT HAPPENED

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, published a series of now-deleted tweets in which he threatened to “crush” journalists who “abuse” him and the ruling NRM government. His ire was directed at Daily Monitor, Uganda’s leading independent daily newspaper, whose journalists he accused of being terrorists that “have been abusing us forever”.

Source: Reporters Without Borders