FCAU is a professional association for journalists in Uganda who work for foreign news media. It organizes social events and off-record briefings with news makers for its members, as well as the annual Uganda Press Photo Award for Ugandan photographers. FCAU is affiliated to the Nairobi-based Foreign Correspondents’ Association of East Africa. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2015 nearly 200 journalists were jailed worldwide. In 2016 alone, 16 journalists have been killed worldwide. FCAU strongly condemns any acts of intimidation or violence intended to stifle the work of journalists around the globe.

World Press Freedom Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in December 1993. This year’s WPFD focuses on three aspects of press freedom: freedom of information as a fundamental freedom and as a human right; protecting press freedom from censorship and surveillance overreach; and ensuring safety for journalism online and offline.

FCAU further wishes to inform the public that the Kampala-based African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) and the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA), together with other media partners, will mark WPFD with a procession and a public debate. The program can be found at www.acme-ug.org

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As part of the events to mark the WPFD, a press freedom day panel discussion has been organised to discuss issues pertaining to press freedom and new media in Uganda.

Denis Jjuuko is one of the panelists

The panel discussion taking place at Imperial Royale Hotel are organised by the Uganda Journalists Association in conjunction with DDP, US Embassy in Uganda, Human Rights Center Uganda, Makerere University Department of Journalism and Communication and the Uganda Communications Commission.

According to Joshua Kyalimpa, the President of UJA, the vent is being held under the theme “Extending Frontiers, Removing Barriers to Free and Pluralistic Media in Uganda.”

The panel discussion are on the role of social and digital media in extending freedom of expression, to be hosted by Peter Kibazo and discussed by Dr Shaka Sali of the Voice of America, Engineer Godfrey Mutabazi of the Uganda communications Commission and Denis Juuko, a Journalist and social media enthusiast.

Another panel discussion on the pleasures and pitfalls of critical media in Uganda, Public and civil society’s expectations of the media will be chaired by Dr George Lugalambi the Head of Makerere University Department of Journalism and Communication, and will be discussed by Daniel Kalinaki of Daily Monitor, Godbar Tumushabe of Accord and Barbara Among of The New Vision.

The 3^rd Panel will be on what does the future hold for the media in Uganda? It will be discussed by Andrew Mwenda of the Independent magazine, Fred Opolot of the Uganda Media Centre, and Haruna Kanabi of the Independent Media Council of Uganda.

Weinformers.net is bringing you these discussion live, with feeds from other WPFD events worldwide. You can follow and participate here or through facebook and twitter. The twitter hashtags for the event at #WPFD, #Uganda press freedom, #Uganda Media freedom.

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Margaret Sekaggya

Sekaggya made the call during celebrations at the centenary park in Kampala to mark world press freedom day scheduled for Tuesday May 3^rd 2010.

Sekaggya has appealed to journalists to put pressure on the government to make sure the observers are invited to assess the press freedom degree in Uganda.

She says the media and journalists in Uganda are facing several challenges especially when covering human rights abuses by government security agencies.

Uganda journalists will on Tuesday join the rest of the world to mark the World Press Freedom Day,  which is globally being marked under the theme “21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers”

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias

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