Kampala, 3rd/November/2017; Police at Kira Road police station arrested Francis Tumwekwasize’s, a Board member for HRNJ-Uganda and Diana Nandudu, HRNJ-Uganda’s…
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Kanungu, 24th October, 2017; On Saturday 21st October 2017, Uganda’s Telecommunication regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) shutdown a private…
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Kampala, 16/ October/2017; Two Ugandan newspaper editors quizzed by the police’ Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) over age limit budget stories….
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Entebbe, 13th/September/2017;Police officers of Kigungu Post Police on September 13th ,2017 assaulted and confiscated gadgets of journalists who had gone…
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Kampala; Police Officers at Katwe Police Station have today 24th August 2017 stoned five journalists who were covering staff quarters…
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This statement was originally published on Al Jazeera website on 13 /August / 2017 How some controversial laws have made…
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This Statement was originally published on Ethical Journalism Network website on 29 June 2017 Aidan White It’s very rare for…
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This statement was originally published on the Daily Monitor on 19 June 2017 The Uganda Communications Commission’s recent move to…
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Amuru, 13th/June/2017; A group of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces, police officers and plain clothed men attacked three NBS Television journalists—Sabiti…
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“When we report these cases, Police always claims to be doing their work, saying journalists are not above the law.”…