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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Security heads in Masaka District on Monday boycotted the World Press Freedom Day celebrations despite being invited.  Journalists operating from the greater Masaka sub-region under their umbrella body of South Buganda Journalists Association-SOBUJA converged in Masaka town to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day, …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mbarara Archdiocese priests have asked the government to act quickly and stop the battering of journalists while on duty.   Speaking at the commemoration of World Press freedom day for Mbarara Catholic Journalists, the Uganda Martyr’s Catholic cChurch parish priest Rev. Fr. Didas Kasapuli said that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Martyrs University Dean of law School, Prof. Fredrick Jjuuko has tasked media practitioners not to handle acts of militarism against journalism lightly. Jjuuko warns that the recent efforts by media managers intended at solving the continued brutalization of journalists by security personnel through football …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The brutality by security personnel against journalists in the line of duty has dominated discussions on press freedom in Uganda during the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day.  Established by the United Nations-UN in 1993, the World Press Freedom Day serves as a reminder to governments …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) have condemned the repeated brutality against media practitioners by state agencies and security personnel.   The MPs say that journalists and media practitioners are key in sharing information, awareness creation and speaking for the voiceless, something which makes them …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The European Union -EU Delegation to Uganda has expressed concern about situations of arrest and assault of journalists implicating security personnel that rarely progress to prosecution. Nicolaj Petersen, the Danish Ambassador to Uganda aired the EU’s concern while delivering a speech at the Uganda Editors’ …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has launched investigations into the recent beatings of journalists in Mityana and Wakiso districts. Last week, Enoch Matovu, NTV’s correspondent in Mityana was reportedly battered by security operatives who attacked him on his way home. Matovu was returning with his 10-year …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Two journalists in Wakiso district are nursing injuries after being battered by military police officers while covering protests by residents of Kayunga on Wednesday over the prolonged power blackout in their area. They are Amon Kayanja from Salt Media and Teddy Nakaliga from Spark/NTV, which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Parliament has directed the Prime Minister  Dr Ruhakana Rugunda to give a statement on the continued attacks on journalists by security officers in the country. This is after the Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake raised a matter of national importance in which he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  After their friendly football matches with the media fraternity, Uganda Peoples Forces has promised a new era of working relationship between the two sides.  The two matches; one involving senior army officers and media managers/owners and another between junior officers and journalists were held at …