African Centre for Media Excellence
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For Immediate Release 2 May 2019 Kampala The African Centre for Media Excellence strongly condemns the directive by Uganda Communications Commission, the broadcast regulator, to seven radio and six television …
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Image by JanBaby on Pixabay On Thursday 28 February, 2019 President Yoweri Museveni signed and assented to the Data Protection and Privacy Act. The new law, the first of its …
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George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate it. And where regulation fails, …
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Peter Greste, The University of Queensland Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for once, it isn’t one person. This time it is four …
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This article was first published by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. Why would a human rights organization go to court to support someone whose extreme …
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This article was first published by ARTICLE 19. An annual metric, published by ARTICLE 19, shows that global freedom of expression has declined significantly over the last three years. The Expression …
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The Lira-based Unity FM station which was closed for allegedly inciting violence during protests over the killing of an 11-year-old boy, is yet to reopen, 10 days later. Two men …
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Daniel Hammett, University of Sheffield Rwanda has introduced legislation which criminalises the public humiliation or insult – through gestures, writings or cartoons – of national authorities, public service officials or …
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