Kampala, 05th March 2021: Four local comedians known as Bizonto have been arraigned before Buganda Road Court and charged with one count of promoting sectarianism.The four were arrested and detained incommunicado for over a week until HRNJ-Uganda secured a court order to release them unconditionally or be taken to court. The group of four, all of…
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Four Uganda journalists charged with sectarianism
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Military Police beat-up journalists covering NUP’s Kyagulanyi while delivering Petition to UNOHCR over Human Rights Violations
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Police close two radios in Jinja arrests journalists over election results
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High Court quashes Media Council of Uganda’s directive to register journalists
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Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda and 2others file case against Attorney General over Media Council registration of Journalists
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Four Uganda journalists charged with sectarianism
Military Police beat-up journalists covering NUP’s Kyagulanyi while delivering Petition to UNOHCR over Human Rights Violations
Kampala 18th February 2021; About 10 journalists are nursing injuries after they were assaulted by the military police personnel who were hell-bent on stopping them from covering the delivery of a petition against growing heinous human rights abuses by the Uganda Government to the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner for Human…
Police close two radios in Jinja arrests journalists over election results
Jinja, 22nd / January/2020; Busoga One FM Radio based in Jinja remains closed since 14th January 2021 when it was closed down by police over alleged incitement to violence when they broadcasted provisional results for the presidential and parliamentary elections. Busoga One FM Station Manager Mr. Anyole Innocent told HRNJ-Uganda that on 14th Jan, 2021,…
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Zambia: New Rule Compels Whatsapp Admins in Zambia to Register Groups or Be Arrested
This post was originally published on AllAfrica website on 2 June 2018. All WhatsApp group administrators in Zambia will now be required to register the groups and set up codes of ethics or risk being arrested if there is a breach. The new rule was announced by Zambia Information and Communications Technology (ZICTA) boss Mofyta…
Police interrogates editor for “offensive communication”
Kampala, 20th /June/2017; The editor of Red Pepper Publications, Ben Byarabaha, was today quizzed by the Uganda Police media crimes unit for six hours over alleged “offensive communication” for publishing stories about the health of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), General Kale Kayihura. “You allegedly published an article titled, “Kayihura rushed to India” with intent to…
Red Pepper Directors and Editors charged with seven counts and remanded to prison
Kampala, 27th November 2017, After a week in detention at Nalufenya, a hardcore criminal detention center, the five Directors and three Editors of the Red Pepper publications have been charged before the Buganda Road Court with seven counts including publication of information prejudicial to national security, libel and offensive communication. The charged Directors include, Arinaitwe…
Alerts(2019)
URGENT CALL FOR SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS COVERING THE CAMPAIGN TO CURB COVID-19 IN UGANDA.
HRNJ-Uganda is deeply saddened by the rampant attacks against journalists in the line of duty ever since the President’s directives on curbing COVID-19 on 18th March 2020. At least seven journalists in different parts of the country have been assaulted leaving them with injuries and admitted to medical centers. Julius Ocungi, the Uganda Radio Network…
Vision Group journalist James Odongo Akia granted bail by the High Court in Soroti
Security Operatives Storm FDC office confiscate Journalists’ Gadgets
Mbarara Court Reinstates Journalist’s Case
Police teargas, arrests journalists delivering petition to police boss over brutality
Police disrupt University students’ press conference, teargas journalists
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Ugandan police harass and detain journalists covering opposition politician Bobi Wine
This story was originally published on the CPJ.ORG website on 14 January 2020. Nairobi, January 14, 2020 — Ugandan police should drop all charges against journalist Willy Tamale and cease harassing reporters for their political coverage, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On January 6, police in central Uganda’s Wakiso district detained four journalists…
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CPJ’s #WhereIsAzory campaign to highlight missing Tanzanian journalist
This statement was originally published on CPJ website on 4 April 2019 New York, April 4, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists today launched the #WhereIsAzory campaign to bring attention to the case of Tanzanian freelance journalist Azory Gwanda, as tomorrow marks 500 days since he was last seen. The campaign intends to raise awareness about…
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HRNJ-UGANDA STATEMENT ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 2020
Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) at a time when the word is in near-total lockdown. Since 1993, journalism has been celebrated in different ways but this year we do so in such a historical manner when we cannot congregate but soldier…
