New book compares what journalists in Kenya and Rwanda have to say about doing their jobs BOOK REVIEW | KAREN MCINTYRE | A majority of the world’s population has experienced a decline in press freedom in recent years, according to a UN report. In east Africa, the results are mixed and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Law Society (ULS) has expressed its intentions to establish a pro bono fund for journalists to help promote media rights countrywide. Pro bono refers to services that are rendered by a professional for free. This was revealed by the President of the legal …
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It’s an awkward position for Israel which repeatedly argues it is a democracy and respects media freedom COMMENT | PETER GRESTE | Israel has emerged as one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, according to a newly released census compiled by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Each year …
Read More »GAZA | Xinhua | Two journalists were killed and another journalist was injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting their vehicle in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Hamas media office. In a statement, the office identified the two journalists as Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, whose car was …
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How Ukrainians are defying odds to defend their country ANALYSIS | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | In July together with a group of journalists from across Africa, we visited Ukraine at the invitation of a Journalism Organization-Public Interest Journalism (PIJL). Even before I arrived in Ukraine, I had started hearing stories, that would …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC, Mariam Wangadya, has asked journalists who were assaulted on Thursday when covering the arrival of National Unity Platform-NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi, to file complaints with the commission. While addressing journalists at the Jinja Regional Human Rights Office …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 21 journalists suffered injuries resulting from assaults in their line of duty in one year alone, a new research by the African Center for Media Excellence (ACME) reveals. The figure is the highest among victims of media freedom violations in the country …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development (MoGLSD) wants each corporate organisation, particularly the media, to have inter-gender mainstreaming policies to deal with sexual and gender-based violations. This follows a study done in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in the period 2016 to 2021, that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | The President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Eng Patrick Oboi Amuriat has apologized to journalists who were assaulted by members at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi. On Thursday, the journalists were invited to attend a press briefing by the party National Chairman Wasswa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Sempala, the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists in Uganda (HRNJ) has warned politicians to desist from interfering with the operations of the media in an unlawful manner. He was responding to the recent threats by Kwania District LCV chairperson, Geoffrey Alex …
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