Issue: Media freedom violation Date: 4 October 2022 Location: Nebbi, Uganda No. of people affected: 1 Job of affected person(s): Journalist Perpetrator(s): UPDF soldiers WHAT HAPPENED Vincent Buuma, a presenter at Rainbow Radio in Nebbi, was assaulted by a group of soldiers following a near-miss road collision between the car he was traveling in and […]
Continue readingIssue: Violence against journalists; Media freedom Date: 6 October 2022 Location: Nansana, Uganda No. of people affected: 2 Profession of affected person(s): Journalist Perpetrator(s): Ordinary people WHAT HAPPENED Two journalists, Muganga Brian Kivumbi of News 24/7 and Brian Mubiru of Bukedde TV, were assaulted outside Nabweru Chief Magistrates Court in Nansana, Wakiso district. The attack […]
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By David Lumu The arrest and detention of Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, the former presidential flag bearer for National Unity Platform (NUP) on November 18, 2020, found me en-route to Entebbe from Kireka. I wanted to map out my journey. But I didn’t reach. Kampala city was burning. Demonstrations and protests […]
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In the wake of last week’s egregious assault of Ugandan journalists by the military, a number of commentators have taken issue with what they consider a parochial reaction by the media fraternity. These critics have scoffed at what they have taken to be a suggestion that journalists are special. Some of them have argued, rightly […]
Continue readingImage 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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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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