Uganda

Freelancer Ismail Kasooha was struck with stones in the chest and stomach while covering the protest.

HRNJ-Uganda fears that the disappearance of Augustine Okello could be related to his work on a morning call-in show which touches on political, social, economic and cultural issues.

The regulations, which are meant to operationalise the Access to Information Act passed by parliament six years ago, were gazetted in April but kept from the public until recently.

An eyewitness said Kigongo Ssebalamu was assaulted by a group of police officers after he refused to stop filming a village meeting.

A broad coalition of 105 human rights, media, and development organisations urged the president to invite the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions.

Charles Mwanguhya Mpagi who hosts KFM’s “Hot seat” and his co-host Bernard Tabaire were interrogated at the Naguru Special Investigation Unit.

Timothy Kalyegira was released on bail after pleading not guilty to a charge of having defamed President Yoweri Museveni.

During May 2011 alone, at least nine people died following brutal attacks by state security agents and many more were injured, including journalists.

The police raided and searched the premises of Prime General Supply, which prints the “Ggwanga” paper, hours after the paper’s offices were raided.

“The arrest of our colleagues is part of a wider campaign to harass journalists and silence voices who are critical of the government of president Museveni,” said HRNJ-Uganda.

In 2004, Supreme Court Judge J.N. Mulenga declared the law on “publishing false news” unconstitutional, saying it exerted an unacceptable chilling effect on freedom of expression.

President Museveni’s remarks come one week after he announced a constitutional amendment that implicitly threatens journalists who cover protests.

The journalists were covering the eviction of Lubigi wetland encroachers carried out by police.

The violence was the latest round in a campaign to gag the media that has been waged ever since Museveni’s election victory and the start of “walk-to-work” demonstrations.

The Clara Gutteridge case fits a trend of silencing critics of counterterrorism abuses, Human Rights Watch said.

Goodluck Musinguzi has covered a number of controversial stories in recent weeks. No one has yet been arrested in connection with the attack.