Media freedom

Uganda government condemned for closing newspapers and radio stations in latest media attack

There will be no Daily Monitor or Red Pepper on the streets on Tuesday.  Neither are Ugandans able to listen to Nation Media owned Kfm and Dembe fm radio stations. These media houses were today shut down. Journalists and human rights activists have today condemned the action by the government to close down two newspapers and […]

Uganda Journalist arrested for recording police meeting

Bukedde television correspondent from Entebbe Kigongo Ssebalamu has been assaulted for covering a village meeting that police was addressing without securing its clearance. Bukedde television is part of the vision group a company with which government owns majority shares. Ssebalamu was arrested on 20th/June/2011 at 5:30pm at a village meeting to which he had been […]

United Nations to review freedom of the press in Uganda

The United Nations special rapoteur on Human Rights Margret Sekaggya says she is going to advice the United Nations to send special rapoteurs to visit Uganda and observe press freedom in the country. Sekaggya made the call during celebrations at the centenary park in Kampala to mark world press freedom day scheduled for Tuesday May […]