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…
Freedom of Expression & the Law
By HRNJ-Uganda Alerts(2017) Featured Freedom of Expression & the Law Press Freedom
Kanungu, 24th October, 2017; On Saturday 21st October 2017, Uganda’s Telecommunication regulator, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) shutdown a private…
By HRNJ-Uganda Alerts(2017) Featured Freedom of Expression & the Law Press Freedom
Kampala, 16/ October/2017; Two Ugandan newspaper editors quizzed by the police’ Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) over age limit budget stories….
By HRNJ-Uganda Alerts(2017) Featured Freedom of Expression & the Law
Kampala, 20th /September/2017; Police in Wadegeya arrested and detained five journalists who were covering a press conference at Mulago Kubiri-…
By HRNJ-Uganda Defamation Featured Freedom of Expression & the Law
Lyantonde, 18th /September/ 2017; Sadat Waligo, a Correspondent of Red Pepper newspaper in Lyantonde District was acquitted of the charges of criminal…
By HRNJ-Uganda Alerts(2017) Defamation Featured Freedom of Expression & the Law
Kampala, 22nd/aug/2017; The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has renewed bond for a Bukedde News Paper Editor Richard Kayiira and the…
HRNJ-Uganda Welcomes Recommendations from UNESCO for UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity…
By HRNJ-Uganda Alerts(2017) Featured Freedom of Expression & the Law
Kampala, 20th /June/2017; The editor of Red Pepper Publications, Ben Byarabaha, was today quizzed by the Uganda Police media crimes unit for…
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This statement was originally published on Article 19 website on 18 April 2017. ARTICLE 19 is concerned by the recent…
By HRNJ-Uganda Alerts(2017) Defamation Featured Freedom of Expression & the Law
Kampala, 16th/ March/2017; The Chief Magistrates Court at Buganda Road has acquitted four journalists of criminal defamation and convicted the…