KAMPALA: 6 October 2023 – At least 14 journalists from seven media houses were on 5 October 2023 arrested by security personnel while covering the return of the National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (also known as Bobi Wine), into the country. Several journalists were beaten, and their equipment including phones and cameras […]
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By Edris Kiggundu The suspension of two journalists at Baba TV over their satirical criticism of Parliament has exposed the lopsided nature of the relationship between media organisations and the institutions and powerful people they are supposed to cover. Journalists are often taught that their role is, among others, to investigate the activities of public […]
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 31 January 2023 Kampala—On Thursday, 26 January 2023, Simon Muyanga Lutaaya, Al-mahadi Adam and Lukia Suubo Mpozza, working with Baba Television were suspended over a viral video viewed as “demeaning, mocking and ridiculing Parliament of Uganda’s role in the censure of Hon. Persis Namuganza.” The video was a recording of […]
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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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Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny The Supreme Court made ground-breaking findings and pronouncements [in the case of Charles Onyango Obbo vs The Attorney General – Supreme Court Constitutional Appeal No. 2 of 2002]. It held that the freedom of expression guaranteed under Article 29 of the Constitution extended to expression or publication of false news. […]
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Incidents of violence and abuse against the media increased in 2018, according to a newly-released Press Freedom Index. The Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) in its 10th edition of the index, states that it documented 163 cases of violations and abuses against journalists and media houses in 2018. This is an escalation, if compared […]
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