Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda)

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39 days on, English internet still blocked in Cameroon

Internet shut down in two anglophone regions follows protests over government decision to impose French in schools and courts.

A man listens to elections results on his FM radio in Kampala, Uganda, 19 February 2016, REUTERS/James Akena

A message to Africa on World Radio Day

On World Radio Day, members of the African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) send an audio message calling on governments in the region to ensure that radio operates freely and independently.

Detained on Manus Island (from left): Behrouz Boochani, Eaten Fish and Mehdi Savari, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Australia: Free expression detained?

25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.

English speaking lawyers protest against the Cameroon government, November 2016, Nation Media Group

Cameroon responds to free expression concerns with…an Internet shut down

Tensions continue to rise after the government cracks down on dissent following its decision to introduce the use of French language in courts and schools in English-speaking regions.

English speaking lawyers protest against the Cameroon government, November 2016, Nation Media Group

Cameroon responds to free expression concerns with…an Internet shut down

Tensions continue to rise after the government cracks down on dissent following its decision to introduce the use of French language in courts and schools in English-speaking regions.

HRNJ-Uganda

Ugandan journalists, activists and telecom companies reject communications law amendment

Different players have rejected a proposa to amend the Uganda Communications Act of 2013 to give more powers to the Minister of Information and Communications Technology to regulate communications in Uganda.

HRNJ-Uganda

Ugandan journalists, activists and telecom companies reject communications law amendment

Different players have rejected a proposa to amend the Uganda Communications Act of 2013 to give more powers to the Minister of Information and Communications Technology to regulate communications in Uganda.

Joy Doreen Biira is received by relatives following her release from Kasese police station, in Western Uganda, HRNJ-Uganda

Terrorist pictures?

In a peculiar turn of events, the Ugandan army arrests a journalist and four of her family members for photographing clashes between the Ugandan government and the local monarchy.