The Red Pepper newspaper which has been off the stands since 20 November 2017 after its editors and directors were arrested and jailed over a story, is set to resume publication following a presidential “pardon”. Update: The tabloid resumed publication on January 29, with details of their meeting with the president and experiences of the […]
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Photo credit: The Observer The three editors and five directors of the Pepper Publications Limited who have been in jail for almost a month have been released on bail. There was a sigh of relief from friends, family and relatives in the packed court room when the ruling was delivered at 12:20pm on Tuesday, 19 December […]
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Photo credit: The Observer African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) condemns the high-handed manner in which the state has treated the directors and editors of Red Pepper, who have been in detention for two weeks. The continued shutdown of Red Pepper and its affiliate titles and radio station, the prolonged detention and delay to consider […]
Continue readingFive directors and three editors of the Red Pepper publication will spend another two weeks in jail before they can learn whether they will be set free just ahead of Christmas Day. The group, held since 21 November 2017, was sent back on remand at Luzira Prison to await a bail application ruling to be […]
Continue readingThe Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), African Centre of Media Excellence (ACME), and Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) and others have demanded the immediate release of the eight Red Pepper staff and re-opening of the newspaper’s offices.
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The Uganda police Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has summoned editors of two dailies, Red Pepper and Daily Monitor over stories published this week about the presidential age limit. The 10 October summons stem from a complaint raised by Mr Raphael Magyezi, the Igara West Member of Parliament, who claims that the news reports were intended […]
Continue readingThe widely condemned closure of media houses in Uganda entered day nine on Tuesday, May 28, with dramatic scenes involving scuffles between the police and protesting journalists. Two WBS TV reporters, Mr Williams Ntege and Mr Mulindwa Mukasa, were arrested during the protest, which lasted about three hours outside the Daily Monitor head offices on […]
Continue readingDespite mounting condemnation, police on Thursday evening arrested five of several protestors who marched to the Daily Monitor offices in Kampala protesting the newspaper’s continued closure as security agents search for documents written by a senior military officer regarding presidential succession. Riot police, backed up by a water cannon, deployed as soon as the protestors […]
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