Gerald Kankya, an activist working with the Twerwaneho Listeners Club (TLC), a community based governance organization in Fort-Portal, Western Uganda and a host of other activists were allegedly attacked, assaulted and battered by about 30 club wielding men along Lugard Road in Fort Portal town on the afternoon of 23rd January 2015. Kankya says that […]
Members of Parliament on the defense and internal Affairs committee have summoned the Army and police over the increasing brutality inflicted on journalists by police officers in the country. The chairperson of the committee Milton Muwuma said that police should appear before the committee on Thursday this week and the Army is needed next week. […]
Human Rights Body for journalists has condemned the continued illegal detention of a radio journalist saying this is a deliberate move by state organs to curtail media freedoms. The National coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists Geoffrey Ssebalaga says that whereas the group has asked the authorities to produce Augustine Okello in courts […]
Hearing of treason case against the New Vision journalist Otim Patrick has kicked off this Monday the 25th/July/2011 before the High Court in Kampala. The order to produce Otim for trial was made on 6th/May/2011 by the Deputy Registrar of the High Court in Charge of Criminal Division Elizabeth Kabanda to Luzira National remand prison authorities […]