Kampala, 28th May 2014; Further hearing of a case in which a Vision Group Journalist, Mathias Ssebwato Kavubu was allegedly assaulted by a teacher at Old Kampala Secondary School, Ataremwa Justus, continued on Wednesday May 28th at the Law Development Centre Court, with the police investigating officer giving his testimony. Detective Sergeant, Lauben Matsiko who…
HRNJ-Uganda alert, HRNJ-Uganda leads victim journalist to file complaint against police over brutal assault
Luweero, 28th/May/2014; a journalist has opened up a case against the police force to investigate into circumstances under which he was brutally assaulted by a police officer while covering the Luweero Woman Parliamentary by-elections in the wee hours of 22nd/May/2014. Herbert Zziwa, a journalist working with KFM radio and Dembe FM under the Nation Media…
HRNJ-Uganda alert, police assault another journalist covering elections
Luwero, 23rd/May/2014; police is in the spotlight for assaulting a second journalist covering the Luweero Woman Parliamentary by-elections in a space of three days. Herbert Zziwa, a journalist working with KFM radio was hit with a baton on the head as he recorded supporters of the Democratic Party candidate who were celebrating her early lead…
HRNJ-Uganda alert, HRNJ-Uganda concludes 3-day Para legal training for Eastern region journalists.
Jinja, 22ndMay 2014; About fifty journalists from Eastern Uganda were equipped with legal knowledge after a 3-day training conducted by Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda from 19th to 21th May 2014, at Brisk Recreation Hotel in Jinja. It included journalists from the print and electronic sector. The training aimed at equipping journalists with basic knowledge…
HRN-Uganda alert, police director assaults journalist covering elections
Luwero, 21st/May/2014; A Uganda Radio Network (URN) journalist, Brian Luwaga was on 20th/May/2014, assaulted by the Uganda Police Force Director of Operations, Grace Turyagumanawe as he covered the by-elections for Luweero district women parliamentary representative. Brian Luwaga told Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) that Turyagumanawe kicked and pushed him as he moved to interview…
HRNJ-Uganda alert, Police releases Vision Group journalist, seeks arrest of another
Kireka, 16th/May/2014; the police’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in Kireka has charged Felix Osujo, a Vision Group journalist, with ‘computer abuse and demanding money with menaces’ before releasing him on bond, after spending two nights in detention. In another development, the police have instituted investigations into the alleged irregular conduct of the two officers who…
HRNJ-Uganda alert, Vision Group journalist goes missing, discovered in police detention
Soroti, 15th/May/2014; a Soroti based Vision Group freelance journalist, Felix Osujju is being detained at the Police’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), in Kireka, a Kampala suburb under unclear circumstances. Sources say that he is being held on charges of ‘extortion and threatening violence’. HRNJ-Uganda’s efforts to establish the circumstances of the arrest and detention have…
HRNJ-Uganda alert, Legislator accused of assaulting a journalist, faces arrest
Bushenyi, 14th/May/2014; the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality in Western Uganda, Odo Tayebwa faces arrest for allegedly storming the studios of Bushenyi FM (BFM) and assaulting a journalist, Moses Byendwa while he hosted a radio program. Byendwa aka Shaka Bitama who presents a program ‘Mutabarukye’ meaning ‘Welcome back from work’ which runs daily…
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