Issue: Media freedom violation
Date: 20 July 2023
Location: Kampala
No. of people affected: Unknown
Profession of affected person(s): Journalist
Perpetrator(s): Political party supporters
What happened
Journalists came out to condemn the barbaric attacks on them following Thursday’s (20/07/2023) incident in which one of their colleagues sustained injuries and others lost their gadgets. Ms Nowamani Ainembabazi, a journalist at Vision Media Group, who had gone to cover a press conference at Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party headquarter in Najjanankumbi, was beaten up by unknown goons outside party premises and rushed to the hospital. Mr Mathias Rukundo, the president of Uganda Journalists Association condemned the attacks and called for the arrest of the suspects as well as the return of the stolen gadgets belonging to journalists.
SOURCE: Daily Monitor
