Kampala, Uganda On 3rd May 2024, Uganda, like in the past years, will join the rest of the global community to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day 2024. The day was proclaimed in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly. We are marking the Day under the global theme, ‘A Press for the Planet: Journalism […]
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By Francis Nyonzo The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) was established in 1995 as a response to stakeholders’ desire for a new and improved media law to replace the outdated Newspaper Act No. 3 of 1976. The founders of MCT aimed to create a voluntary, non-governmental council managed by journalists themselves. At that time, there […]
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2 MAY 2023 KAMPALA – This year marks 30 years since the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 3rd May as World Press Freedom Day to advocate and defend the fundamental principles of freedom of expression, speech, opinion and the free flow of information. The critical importance of freedom of expression, which includes press freedom, has […]
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LETTER OF SOLIDARITY. The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) has noted with consternation and utmost concern violations against the Kenyan media and media practitioners since the demonstrations by the Azimio la Umoja coalition began on 20th March 2023. These violations are committed by both state and non-state actors and are jeopardising the safety and security […]
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By Theresa Chorbacher, Kate Musgrave, Rachel Pollack Insights from the World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Global Report 2021/2022 In recent years, civil society, researchers, and international bodies have increasingly recognized the extent and impact of violence against women journalists—offline and online, verbal, visual and physical. Many women journalists report suffering physical […]
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Journalists the world over face increasing digital surveillance used to hamper press freedom, promote misinformation or discredit their work. Press freedom, already in decline for 85 per cent of the world’s population, is under digital siege. New digital business models, the development of surveillance technologies, the transparency of internet companies, and large-scale data collection and […]
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15 March 2022 For Immediate Release Kampala — African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) demands the immediate and unconditional release of The Alternative DigiTalk TV staff who have been under state custody for nearly a week now. On 10 March 2022 security officers attached to the military raided DigiTalk’s offices at Kintu Zone in Kampala’s […]
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By Ivan Okuda The East African Center for Investigative Reporting (EACIR), the publisher of the not-for-profit online publication, www.voxpopuli.ug is appalled by the continued detention and reported torture of writer and political activist, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. In no uncertain terms, we contend that kidnap, torture and inhumane treatment of a citizen of Uganda on account of […]
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