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Battered journalists sue military police commander, attorney general

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Four journalists have sued Lt. Col Napoleon Namanya, the Director of operations in the Military Police and the Attorney General for their recent attack while covering the former National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. They are John Cliff Wamala and Geoffrey Twesigye, both …

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Race for speaker turns nasty online

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Some supporters and campaign members of the dignitaries contesting to be Speaker of Parliament have gone native and launched smear campaigns online that cannot be quoted in normal media platforms. The gangs, purporting to work for the two frontrunners, Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Deputy Speaker …

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City lawyer Steven Kalali sues gov’t over battered journalists

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Human Rights lawyer, Steven Kalali has petitioned the High Court seeking justice on behalf of the journalists who were battered recently by military police officers. The attorney general is the only respondent to the suit filed before the High Court Civil Division.   In his …

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Human rights body wants journalists compensated for torture

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Human Rights Commission wants the security agencies responsible for the officers who beat up journalists at the UN Human Rights Commission office last week to compensate them for the inhumane and degrading treatment they subjected them to.  The UHRC condemned the actions of …

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IPOD tasks IGP on repeated brutality against journalists

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue -IPOD has asked the Inspector General of Police to take appropriate action against repeated acts of brutality metted against Journalists on duty by members of security forces. This call by IPOD, an organisation that brings together all Political Parties with …

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JOURNALISTS: UPDF court martials 7

Army apologizes to assaulted journalists, pledges to foot medical bills Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) had court martialed seven of its officers, a day after journalists were beaten as they covered former Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi deliver a petition at the Human …

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Journalist bodies condemn security brutality

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several journalism bodies have condemned continued brutal attacks by military on journalists as they do their work. On Wednesday, as the former National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu presented a petition on gross human rights violations to the office of the United Nations …

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UN condemns attack on journalists by military

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights has condemned the attack by the military on journalists and members of the National Unity Platform.  On Wednesday, former NUP presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert presented a petition on alleged human rights violations to the office of …

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Human rights watch raises red flag on Uganda’s election

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights Watch, an international advocacy group has raised a red flag on Uganda’s electoral processes, stating that weeks leading up to polling day were characterized by widespread violence and abuses. The agency cited wanton killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters …

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