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- Uganda (HRNJ-U). This is the seventh time in eleven years that the police are topping the list of violators of press freedom. The report titled […]
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The next 10 years will be pivotal for press freedom, the 2020 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) indicates. In its analysis of the situation for journalists in 180 countries and territories, RSF lists five converging crises that will be decisive for the future of journalism. They are: a geopolitical crisis […]
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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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