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Court rules Media Council accreditation of journalists illegal  

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

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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Editors’ Guild asks court to quash Media Council directive on registration of journalists

December 31, 2020January 18, 2021 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

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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Police move to limit coverage of election campaigns

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

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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Journalists injured as police turn guns on the media 

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

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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NEWS RELEASE. Attacks on independent media and civic space must stop

December 27, 2020 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

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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Police to block unaccredited journalists from covering elections

December 16, 2020 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

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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Uganda’s Media Council issues directive on registration of journalists; timing questioned

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

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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Uganda deports foreign journalists ahead of election 

December 2, 2020December 3, 2020 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

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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