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Tag: freedom of expression

Media news / News / Press freedom

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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Media news / News / Press freedom

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: Let the media freely report the 2021 general election

December 11, 2020 - by ACME team - Leave a Comment

For Immediate Release 11 December 2020 Kampala—African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is dismayed by the 10 December directive by the Media Council of Uganda (MCU) to all practising journalists …

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Media analysis / News / Press freedom

Navigating threats to journalists in this violent campaign season

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 - by Tabu Butagira - Leave a Comment

The question of safety of journalists in the line of duty has returned to foreground civic discourse about the democratic credentials, or the lack thereof, of Uganda’s ongoing electioneering. This …

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Online attacks on female journalists are increasingly spilling into the ‘real world’ – new research

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Julie Posetti, University of Oxford; Jackie Harrison, University of Sheffield, and Silvio Waisbord, George Washington University The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline with …

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Freedom of expression / News / Press freedom

Police named leading perpetrators of violence against journalists for the seventh year 

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

The Uganda Police Force remains the leading perpetrator of violent crimes against journalists according to the Uganda Press Freedom Index released on Thursday by the Human Rights Network for Journalists- …

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Radio Simba staff charged with sectarianism over viral video 

July 24, 2020July 29, 2020 - by Clare Muhindo - Leave a Comment

Security officials raided Radio Simba in Kampala on Friday 24 July, arresting four staff members who allegedly recorded a video accusing the government of tribalism.  In a statement shared on …

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Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 - by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment

Ashwanee Budoo, University of Pretoria Governments across the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside the mountain of related challenges, fake news has become a source of frustration. Some …

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