Articles by Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda)
Call to release freedom of expression defenders held incommunicado
Over 80 groups around the world call on the authorities to free human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and writers, some of whom have been detained incommunicado; and request help from UN Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan.
Journalist briefly arrested, detained in court
Kampala, 19th/June/2012; A Vision Group journalist has been arrested in court and detained for about an hour in a court cell at Masaka High Court. Namuwonge Hanifah, a reporter with the government media outlets; Bukedde Television, Bukedde Newspaper and Bukedde FM was arrested on the orders of Grade One Magistrate Doreen Ajuna during a court […]
Journalist briefly detained, assaulted by police
Police assaulted New Vision Group journalist Sula Matovu and detained him for over one hour at Nakasero police post in Kampala.
Groups welcome journalist’s release, call for compensation
His crime was being a journalist whose primary concern was to give people a voice, said HRNJ-Uganda.
“Daily Monitor” journalist assaulted in prison, released on bail
Perez Rumanzi was assaulted by inmates of a crowded Ntugamo prison where he had been remanded.
Government commits to resolve errors in ongoing SIM card registration exercise
(HRNJ-Uganda/IFEX) – Kampala, 18th/May/2012 – The government has acknowledged that the on-going Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration exercise is characterized by mistakes. The ICT minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda said that much as the process could not be halted, he realized there were a number of loopholes in the exercise. He was meeting Human Rights […]
Police lay charges against Mukono journalists’ attackers
(HRNJ-Uganda/IFEX) – Mukono, 22 May 2012 – The police in Mukono have started investigating into the attack of four Mukono district based journalists by summoning and quizzing Pastor Samuel Landasa of Mount Lebanon Church from whose church a group of youths emerged and beat up journalists on Sunday 20th and confiscated their tools of work. […]
Police quiz Pearl FM talk show host over radio programme.
(HRNJ-Uganda/IFEX) – Kampala, 18th/May/2012 – the police have quizzed Pearl FM radio journalist Nyombi Mahmoud for over 2 hours over a talk show Programme he hosted Saturday 05th/May discussing the level of Parliamentary democracy in Uganda as compared to other countries. Nyombi moderates the weekly Programme ‘Mwoyo gwa ggwanga –The Patriot’ which airs Saturdays from […]