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Police stand outside the offices of the Daily Monitor. (Daily Monitor)

Police raid news outlets in media crackdown in Uganda

May 21, 2013 11:07 AM EDT

Nairobi, May 21, 2013–Ugandan police surrounded the Kampala offices of two private newspapers for seven hours on Monday, barring access to the premises, disabling printing presses, and effectively halting publication indefinitely, according to news reports. The police said they had search warrants to find documents related to a letter written by an army official that…

In Uganda, media muzzled over alleged Muhoozi project

May 15, 2013 10:07 AM EDT

While Uganda’s politicians and social media are abuzz over a sensational letter reportedly written by a top security official about a high-level assassination plot, police have dutifully harassed the mainstream press in a bid to suppress the chatter.

Civil unrest grips downtown Kampala. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said journalists who covered the protests were 'enemies' of the country's development. (AP/Stephen Wandera)

Attacks on the Press: Development Trumps Freedom

February 21, 2012 11:32 PM EST

Many African leaders continue to offer a false choice between stability and press freedom. Taking a cue from China, a key investor and model, they stress social stability and development over openness and reform. By Mohamed Keita

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, second from left, is shielded by supporters Tuesday as security personnel try to detain him. Photojournalist Isaac Kasamani is at far left. (AFP/Michele Sibiloni)

Ugandan photojournalist shot at from police van

January 25, 2012 6:25 PM EST

New York, January 25, 2012–Ugandan authorities must hold to account members of security forces who fired Tuesday on a photojournalist covering their attack on the motorcade of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Ugandan online editor arrested for publishing op-eds

June 1, 2011 6:06 PM EDT

New York, June 1, 2011–The Kampala Magistrate Court released online editor Timothy Kalyegira on bail today after the court remanded him on Tuesday to Luzira prison in the capital, Kampala. He is expected to return to court on June 30.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at his swearing-in ceremony on May 12. (AP)

Uganda president publicly criticizes the press

May 18, 2011 4:40 PM EDT

New York, May 18, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns President Yoweri Museveni for publically criticizing 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 in the state-owned daily New Vision, Museveni accused Al-Jazeera, the BBC, the Kenyan…

A police officer manhandles a journalist during a Walk to Work protest. (Joseph Kiggundu/The Monitor)

Ugandan media censored over Walk to Work protests

April 19, 2011 4:33 PM EDT

Freedom of the press in Uganda hit a new low late last week when the government, in response to a decision by opposition figures to demonstrate against the escalating price of food and fuel by walking to work, banned live coverage of the protests and issued a directive to Internet providers to block two popular…

Ugandan magazine questioned over Museveni cartoon

January 13, 2011 5:37 PM EST

New York, January 13, 2011–Police in Kampala arrested the director and editor of the monthly newsmagazine Summit Business Review on Tuesday in connection with a caricature of President Yoweri Museveni that appeared on the cover of the October issue.Director Samuel Sejjaaka and Editor Mustapha Mugisha were released on bond but face continued interrogations, Sejjaaka told…