Ugandan police on Tuesday, 28 May 2013, assaulted and detained several journalists who were among a crowd of demonstrators protesting the government's closure of four independent news outlets, according to news reports and local journalists.
30 May 2013 11:24
WASHINGTON, US: The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations for its 2013 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award.
22 Feb 2013 10:33
[Walter Wafula] The Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) has condemned the shooting to death of television journalist, Amon Thembo Wa' Mupaghasya, by unknown gunmen in the Kasese district, western Uganda.
16 May 2012 10:33
[Walter Wafula] In the face of imminent stringent government measures aimed to control the media and journalists in Uganda, human rights activists are calling for a stronger self-regulation mechanism to promote responsible journalism in the country.
2 May 2012 12:46A Press Freedom Index Report released by the Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) has indicated that the space for the media in Uganda is rapidly "shrinking and sinking" due to increasing levels of attacks, especially by the police.
15 Feb 2012 12:29[Andrew Bagala] KAMPALA, UGANDA: A local journalists' organisation has petitioned the Police Professional Standards Unit to take action against Lira police officers who beat up a
Daily Monitor journalist during the protests in Lira over continued load shedding.
16 Jan 2012 13:26 
[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] The events and developments of the past six months in Africa have demonstrated that the rise of social media has not only revolutionised the business environment, but also redefined the political scene by shaking the foundation of dictatorship, lack of service delivery and corruption for the first time since the dawn of independences.
5 Jul 2011 10:14[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] "African people - like me - are completely disillusioned with the performance of their leaders because of what they have done and what they are doing, and for me these people should not be called leaders, but rather the elite," Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki and chairman of the SA Institute of International Affairs, said, speaking at the CNN-MultiChoice media forum currently taking place in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on Friday, 24 June 2011.
24 Jun 2011 11:56 
NEW YORK: The Kampala Magistrate Court released online editor Timothy Kalyegira on bail on Tuesday, 1 June 2011, after the court remanded him to Luzira prison in the capital, Kampala. He is expected to return to court on June 30.
2 Jun 2011 08:21
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns President Yoweri Museveni for publically criticising local and foreign media outlets. Museveni expressed anger over the outlets' coverage of protests by the opposition over rising fuel prices. In a letter published Tuesday, 17 May 2011, in the state-owned daily
New Vision, Museveni accused Al-Jazeera, the BBC, the Kenyan broadcaster NTV, and the local independent
Daily Monitor of being supporters of recent opposition protests and "enemies of Uganda's recovery."
19 May 2011 10:16
NEW YORK: Security and military personnel attacked local and foreign journalists and confiscated their equipment on Thursday, 12 May 2011, as they covered the return of opposition leader Kizza Besigye to Uganda. Besigye returned to Uganda on Thursday from Nairobi, where he was treated for injuries received when security forces assaulted him and his colleagues during demonstrations on 28 April in Kampala.
16 May 2011 08:40
[Goodluck Musinguzi] NEW YORK: Investigators in Kabale must thoroughly investigate an arson attack on the home of Goodluck Musinguzi, contributor to the state-owned daily,
New Vision, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday, 13 May 2011. Someone poured gasoline on the house and set it on fire while Musinguzi, his wife, and his newborn child were inside, he told CPJ.
16 May 2011 08:34
[Walter Wafula] Yusuf Kavuma, a photojournalist with
Sky Magazine in Uganda has been assaulted as he tried to take pictures of a military man beating up supporters of Forum of Democratic Change (FDC) party president, Dr. Kizza Besigye.
13 May 2011 10:22
[Walter Wafula] Ugandan journalists, who were tortured for covering protests against the high commodity prices last month, are shying away from suing officials of the Uganda People's Defense Forces, according to the Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRN). G.W. Ssebaggala programmes coordinator HRNJ-Uganda says most of the journalists who were allegedly tortured by the army and police in Masaka district are not interested in pursuing legal action against the security forces due to fear.
11 May 2011 13:54
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