Tag Archives: HRNJ

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has dropped seven places in the international media rankings, according to the 2022 press index report by Reporters Without Borders. Uganda now ranks 132 out of 180 countries. This represents a significant drop from its position in the 2021 rankings. Addressing journalists on Thursday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Sempala, the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists in Uganda (HRNJ) has warned politicians to desist from interfering with the operations of the media in an unlawful manner. He was responding to the recent threats by Kwania District LCV chairperson, Geoffrey Alex …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Human Rights Network for Journalists-HRNJ, an organization that advocates for media rights has written to President Yoweri Museveni beseeching him not to sign into law, the recently passed Computer Misuse Amendment Bill. The bill sponsored by the Kampala Central Member of Parliament Muhammad Nsereko …

The question of professionalism when the two parties meet in the field  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | November 2022 is a month that Henry Sekanjako and Timothy Murungi, all journalists with New Vision are waiting for to receive justice for their case reported to court in February last year. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ) and the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) want Members of Parliament to throw out the Computer Misuse Amendment Bill, 2022. The journalist’s associations opine that the proposals in the bill infringe on freedom of speech, the press and hinder …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media practitioners are seeking practical solutions to improve press freedom in Uganda in the face of growing hostility against their work. They argue that little or even no effort has been made to ensure that recommendations from the reports are put into action. The issue …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another set of human rights lawyers under the instructions of Human Rights Network for Journalists-HRNJ have petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding for the production of the bodies of the detained presenters of Alternative Digitalk, an online TV, whether dead or alive. Those detained …

  Uganda marks it amid brutal attacks on journalists ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | On April 28 Teddy Nakaliga and Amon Kayanja, both reporters for separate TV stations hit the road in Kayunga Village, Wakiso District, to cover a demonstration by residents protesting a two-week power blackout. As Nakaliga narrated …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Human Rights Network of Journalists (HRNJ) wants the Inspector General of Police Ochola to be held accountable for his statements on beating journalists.  In January, Ochola said that security agencies will continue beating journalists purposely to deter them from going where there is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police foiled a procession by journalists who intended to match through the streets of Kampala to the Police headquarters in Naguru, to petition against increased police brutality against media practitioners. The procession comprised personnel subscribing to Uganda Journalists Association (UJA), Uganda Parliamentary Press Association …