For Immediate Release 18 February 2021 Kampala At least 8 journalists from six media houses were on 17 February 2021 assaulted by security personnel as they covered former presidential challenger Robert Kyagulanyi as he presented a petition to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Kampala. Mr Kyagulanyi, president of […]
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Image by Nicholas Bamulanzeki At least eight journalists were beaten and injured on Wednesday by security forces deployed at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Kololo, Kampala. The journalists were there to cover former Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi who was delivering a petition to the body to take […]
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The Government of Uganda has partially restored access to social media, a month after it was blocked. Mr Peter Ogwang, State Minister for ICT and National Guidance, said in a tweet on Wednesday, “Internet and Social media services have been fully restored. We apologize for the inconveniences caused, but it was for the security of […]
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By Human Rights Network for Journalists- Uganda NEWS RELEASE | 22 January 2020 Mutoigo Richard, Baba Fm journalist in Jinja was arrested by police at Jinja Senior Secondary School Tally Centre on 21 January 2021. Mutoigo is detained at Nalufenya Police Station on allegations of inciting violence. “He was our official reporter at the tally […]
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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 and procedurally irregular.” The court also issued an “order of permanent injunction… restraining the (government’s) security agencies from implementing the illegal and irrational directives of […]
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As Ugandans prepared to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 January 2021, more and more of the internet gradually slipped out of reach. The disruption started on 9 January with digital distribution platforms App Store and Play store; followed by social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Instant messaging platforms WhatsApp […]
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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 to cover the elections.
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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 the Media Council will be blocked from covering campaigns and other electoral activities starting 31 December. The warning, which came in a press statement signed […]
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