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The High Court in Kampala has quashed the Media Council of Uganda’s directive to accredit journalists to cover the 2021 general elections and other state events “for being illegal, irrational …
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The Uganda Editors Guild and Centre for Public Interest Law have gone to court seeking to quash the “illegal, irregular and irrational” directive of the Media Council to accredit journalists …
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Image by Edward Echwalu from Echwalu Photography With just two weeks left to Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Police have again warned that journalists who have not registered with …
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A journalist receiving treatment after he was injured by a teargas canister fired directly at him. PHOTO BY DERRICK WANDERA | DAILY MONITOR Two journalists were seriously injured after police …
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For Immediate Release 27 December 2020 Kampala—There has been yet another attack on journalists covering the 2021 general election campaigns in Uganda. Saif-llah Ashraf Kasirye, a Radio One correspondent and …
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The Uganda Police announced Monday that starting 21 December 2020, only journalists accredited by the Media Council of Uganda will be allowed to cover political campaigns and other electoral events. …
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The Media Council of Uganda (MCU) has directed all practicing journalists in the country to register or risk being denied rights to cover the electoral process and other events. The …
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A scan of the official press accreditation cards issued to the CBC news crew by the media council of Uganda. (CBC) The Government of Uganda has deported three foreign journalists …
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