Parliament, 30th/March/2016; Over one hundred and fifty (150) journalists, civil society organization and members of the general public have petitioned Parliament to discipline the Minister Without Portfolio and Katikamu North Member of Parliament, Eng. Abraham Byandala for alleged assault of a Vision Group journalist, Judith Naluggwa. The group led by the Executive Director of Uganda…
2015 bad year for Journalists in Uganda – report
This statement was originally published on New Vision website on 29th/03/2016. By Pascal Kwesiga Out of the 143 cases of press freedom and rights violations, the police was responsible for 107, accounting for over 70% of the abuses. A new press freedom index for Uganda has painted a gloomy picture for the media freedoms, showing…
Press Freedom Index Report 2015 ‘political coverage criminalized’
Uganda continues to congregate laws that undermine the enjoyment of media freedom and freedom of expression. Its media legal regime is restrictive in spite of her constitutional guarantees to freedom of the press and being a state party and signatory to international treaties and conventions. The State authority responsible for electronic media and telecommunications regulations,…
Government minister punches female TV journalist, dragged to police
Kampala, 24th/ March/2016; Eng. Abraham Byandala, a member of Parliament for Katikamu North Constituency and currently a Minister without Portfolio in the Ugandan government is under fire for assaulting a government-owned Bukedde Television journalist, Judith Naluggwa. He punched her on the stomach as she covered a corruption related story at the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala.…
Detective Corporal Mandela Henry on witness stand during court hearing in Masaka Photo: Eddie Bindhe
Police Officer shows court journalist’s gadgets damaged by ruling party politician.
Masaka, 11th March 2016; A Magistrates Court in Masaka has on March 11, continued hearing of a criminal case against a ruling party politician, Eddie Ssansa, with a police officer testifying and producing a damaged smart phone which the Daily Monitor newspaper journalist Shamim Jjingo Nakawooya was using to record news when she was reportedly…
Uganda: State attacks on media must stop
This statement was originally published on observer.org on 7th/March/2016. The correlation between Uganda police and journalists in the country has slowly degenerated into a hate relationship. In a space of five days, over 30 journalists have been beaten, blocked from accessing news scenes, pepper-sprayed, arrested, detained and released without any charges preferred against them. Others…
Seven journalists attacked as police and army looks on.
Entebbe, 7th/ March/2016; Rowdy supporters of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters on March 04th, 2016 attacked seven journalists, destroyed their gadgets and deleted recorded material from the cameras. The journalists were covering elections for special interest groups at Entebbe in Wakiso district at the Mayor’s Gardens. The victim journalists included, Ssebalamu Kigongo of…
Media practitioners, rights activists condemn police brutality on journalists
This Statement was originally published on Daily Monitor on 4th/March/2016 Kampala. Uganda is at political cross-roads due to raw power contestation between re-elected president Yoweri Museveni, who has been president for 30 years, and the Opposition led by Dr Kizza Besigye, a four-time presidential election loser. Like in the past, Dr Besigye has rejected as…
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