Ben Byarabaha Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a meeting of members of the African Union during the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017, at U.N headquarters. Ugandan authorities raided the newspaper Red Pepper after it published an article that said Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni was planning to overthrow Rwanda's President Paul Kagame. (AP/Julie Jacobson)

Uganda detains newspaper editors, directors, holds them without charge

November 22, 2017 2:47 PM EST

Nairobi, November 22, 2017–Ugandan authorities should immediately release eight employees of the national newspaper Red Pepper who are being held in government detention without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Ugandans read a copy of the newspaper Red Pepper in Kampala, in this February 25, 2014, file photo. (AP/Rebecca Vassie)

Newspaper editor interrogated in Uganda

June 21, 2017 4:54 PM EDT

Nairobi, June 21, 2017–Ugandan authorities should cease investigation and intimidation of privately-owned daily newspaper Red Pepper editor Ben Byarabaha and four other publications, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Press trying to cover politics in Uganda face restrictions, attacks

January 15, 2016 4:37 PM EST

January 15, 2016–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that journalists in Uganda are being prevented from freely covering Parliament and campaigning for next month’s presidential elections. The government announced this week that journalists without a university qualification will be barred from covering parliament, according to local reports. Journalists have also reported being attacked and…

Ugandan editors arrested for refusing to reveal a source

January 8, 2016 4:16 PM EST

Ugandan police on January 8, 2016, released two Ugandan editors after holding them without contact with the outside world for 24 hours for failing to reveal the source for a photograph published in their respective publications.