On 14 December 2022, African Centre for Media Excellence hosted the seventh edition of the Uganda National Journalism Awards at Mestil Hotel Conference Centre in Kampala. The awards, organised by ACME since 2014, celebrate and promote exceptional, in-depth and enterprising journalism that informs public debate and holds the powerful to account. Across the media industry, 196 journalists […]
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Issue: Freedom of assembly, Denial of access Date: 30 December 2022 Location: Kampala No. of people affected: Unspecified Profession of affected person(s): Politicians Perpetrator(s): Police WHAT HAPPENED Police in Kampala blocked a prayer meeting of members from the United Forces of Change in Nsambya. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango says the planned end-of-year prayer […]
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Issue: Freedom of expression Date: 30 December 2022 Location: Kampala No. of people affected: One Profession of affected person(s): Lawyer Perpetrator(s): Police WHAT HAPPENED Godwin Toko and others were brutally arrested while pushing back and speaking against the injustice and irregularities witnessed during the Makerere convocation elections. Source: Twitter
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