Three journalists face sedition charges over article on alleged military control of police
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Calls on Uganda to Drop Sedition Charges Against Three Journalists The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the Ugandan government to withdraw sedition charges against three journalists working for the Monitor private newspaper, in relation to a story alleging soldiers were secretly trained […]
Radio host suspended for broadcasting debate on homosexuality
(Media Institute/IFEX) – The Uganda Broadcasting Council (BC) has suspended a presenter of the popular Capital FM radio station for allegedly violating “minimum broadcasting standards”. Popular presenter Gaetano Kaggwa’s offence was that, on 22 August 2007, he hosted a gay activist and self-confessed lesbian who allegedly used what the Council considers “unacceptable language”. During the […]
Journalists roughed up during trial of suspected rebels; IFJ calls for end to police harassment
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 13 March 2007 IFJ media release: IFJ Urges Uganda to Stop Police Harassment of Journalists The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today backed a call by the Ugandan Journalists Association (UJA) for the government to protect media covering court cases against opposition groups and put an end to police […]
Private television station shut down
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 February 2007 IFJ media release: IFJ Supports Call on Ugandan Government to Reinstate Private TV Channel The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today supported a call by Members of Parliament (MP) in Uganda that the government allows private Nation Television (NTV) to resume its broadcasts after state regulators […]
Journalists on trial for “promoting sectarianism”; trial of editor suspended
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 June 2006 CPJ press release: UGANDA: Journalists on trial for “promoting sectarianism” New York, June 8, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled that two journalists are to go on trial in Uganda, charged with “promoting sectarianism” in an article criticizing government persecution of opposition […]
Police close radio station for critical talk show
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: Police close radio station after critical talk show New York, March 14, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of an independent radio station in Uganda which aired a show critical of the military and a ruling party candidate in last month’s municipal […]
Government crackdown against local and foreign media continues after elections
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 13 March 2006 Human Rights Watch capsule report: Uganda: New Government Threatens Free Press Expels Foreign Journalist, Prosecutes Local Media (New York, March 14, 2006) – The Ugandan government’s expulsion of a foreign journalist is the latest example of a crackdown on independent media that predates recent elections, Human […]
Canadian journalist denied entry into Kenya following deportation from Uganda
(AFMF/IFEX) – A Canadian journalist who was on 9 March 2006 deported by Ugandan authorities after his journalistic work and presence in the country was described as “a threat to security”, got a rude shock on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi after Immigration officials denied him entry into the country. Blake Lambert, […]
Canadian freelance journalist prevented from returning
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: New York, March 9, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the expulsion today of a Canadian freelance journalist who reported from Uganda for more than two years for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the London-based magazine The Economist, and other outlets. Blake Lambert told CPJ […]
Police harass journalists over political talk show
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 March 2006 CPJ press release: Ugandan police harass journalists over political talk show New York, March 7, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is very troubled by the recent harassment of journalists at the independent radio station Choice FM in the town of Gulu, in Uganda’s war-scarred […]
Website and radio station of leading independent daily blocked during election vote count
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: UGANDA: Newspaper’s Web site and radio blocked during election vote count New York, February 24, 2006 – The Monitor Group said today its news Web site and radio station were being blocked within Uganda to prevent them from publishing early results from polling stations in Thursday’s […]
Critical website Radio Katwe blocked on eve of presidential election
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 22 February 2006 CPJ press release: UGANDA: Critical Web site still blocked on eve of presidential election New York, February 22, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that the Ugandan government has blocked internal access to a critical Web site, Radio Katwe, in the run-up to […]
CPJ urges President Museveni to cease government attempts to influence journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to President Yoweri Museveni: January 24, 2006 His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni C/O The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda 5911 16th Street, NW Washington DC 20011 Via facsimile: (202) 726-1727 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled by your government’s recent efforts to influence […]
Government continues to tighten its grip on the press with elections less than 50 days away
(RSF/IFEX) – President Yoweri Museveni’s government has for the past several months been using a range of tactics to coerce and intimidate certain – often critical – media outlets and increase its influence over others in a campaign to control news and information in the run-up to a presidential election in 50 days’ time, Reporters […]
CPJ urges President Museveni to drop closure threats against media outlets and criminal charges against “The Monitor” journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 November 2005 CPJ letter to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni: November 29, 2005 His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni C/O The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda 5911 16th Street, NW Washington DC 20011 VIA FACSIMILE: (202) 726-1727 Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled by restrictions on […]
Government threatens to close privately-owned radio stations
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has protested to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni after the country’s privately-owned radio stations were threatened with closure if they broadcast debates or talk-shows about the trial of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, which has just begun. Expressing its full support for the radio stations, the press freedom organisation said they could […]