Human Rights Network For Journalists – Uganda

September 25, 2020

Kashmir cyber-police threaten, slap reporter who questioned their methods
Hong Kong to revise definition of media representatives under new police orders
31 human rights groups call for urgent response to the Algerian government’s intensifying crackdown on civil society and journalists amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Colombian reporters face criminal defamation inquiry for reporting on assault allegations
Argentinian radio journalist Luis Alberto Mancini assaulted after reporting on local corruption
US: Open letter opposing the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Internet Technologies Act of 2020
Exiled journalist Can Dündar’s assets to be seized unless he returns to Turkey
BAJ: ‘The law does not defend us, but we defend the law’
Laos: Activists and rights groups demand release of blogger Mouay
India: Arrests of activists politically motivated
Philippines: Appeal to UNESCO regarding the classification of the Ampatuan massacre case as “resolved”
Iran: Political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh protests continued detention of human rights defenders amidst pandemic
Rights groups launch ‘Report It’ campaign to enable easy reporting of attacks on press freedom
Rights groups raise concerns as Albania looks to push ahead with controversial ‘anti-defamation law’
PEN Norway launches the ‘Turkey Indictment Project’

DW Focus

Police officer assaults journalist while covering a land wrangle - September 3, 2020
Police have released four comedians after charging them with sectarianism - July 28, 2020
Police has arrested five Radio Simba journalists over alleged sectarianism - July 24, 2020
Six journalists arrested by police at Makerere University over a foreign students story - May 12, 2020
Police release Vision Group journalist on bond. - April 22, 2020
HRNJ-UGANDA STATEMENT ON THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, SAFETY OF JOURNALISTS AND BANNING OF PRESS CONFERENCES. - March 24, 2020
Vision Group journalist James Odongo Akia granted bail by the High Court in Soroti - March 13, 2020
Vision Group Editor remanded over Defamation Charges - March 11, 2020