Stories :: Category: Media :: Accepted date: May 2021

Updated: 11 May, 05:2305:23

• Ofwono Opondo Launches Charm Offensive on Journalists

  6 May 2021, 15:11 Comments 355 Views Mbale, Eastern Region, Uganda Media Human rights Updates

  OO said following the confrontations between the media and the security agencies in the previous two years especially the election year, there was need to start a discussion on how to mend the relationship adding that government regrets the incidents where journalists have been brutalized which is why they have started reaching out to the media to rebuild the relationship with the media and media personalities.

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  AYUBU KIRINYA

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• Rwakakamba Confirmed New UIA Board Chairman

  6 May 2021, 09:14 Comments 335 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance Media Breaking news

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  Namugabi Eva

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• Security Heads Boycott Press Freedom Day Celebrations in Masaka

  4 May 2021, 11:53 Comments 307 Views Masaka, Uganda Media Human rights Updates

  All the invited security heads who include among others the Resident District Commissioner, the Regional and District Police Commanders did not attend the celebrations and none of them sent a representative.

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  Ezekiel Ssekweyama

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• Stop Battering Of Journalists, Catholic Priest Begs Government

  4 May 2021, 09:21 Comments 311 Views Mbarara, Uganda Media Updates

  “Let me remind you of this, it is not a human right to be a doctor, a lawyer or a journalist but it is a human right to be to be informed, so our profession is very special and it is part and parcel of human rights,” -Rev. Fr. Didas Kasapuli.

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  EDSON KINENE

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• Do Not Handle Acts of Militarism Against Journalism Lightly - Prof. Jjuuko

  3 May 2021, 20:24 Comments 275 Views Kampala, Uganda Media Parliament Security Report

  The professor who also teaches media law was today delivering a key note address titled; Freedom of Expression and the Emerging Militarism”. This was at an event organized by the Uganda Editors’ Guild in commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day at Kampala Serena Hotel.

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  Olive Nakatudde

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• Acholi MPs Condemn Brutality Against Journalists

  3 May 2021, 15:51 Comments 462 Views Gulu, Uganda Media Northern Breaking news

  The Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LOP) Betty Aol Ocan said that the rights of journalists and media freedom should be upheld in the country instead of being infringed on by state actors.

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  Emmy Daniel Ojara

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• EU, US Embassy Concerned over Growing Abuse of Journalists

  3 May 2021, 15:16 Comments 382 Views Media Parliament Report

  “As the EU, we are particularly concerned about situations implicating security personnel. Unfortunately it appears that many violations by security forces rarely progress to prosecution even when reported, this can create a climate of impunity”

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  Olive Nakatudde

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• Public Trust in Radio, Television Content Remains Consistent – Report

  3 May 2021, 14:38 Comments 359 Views Kampala, Uganda Media Human rights Parliament Report

  Aidan Eyakuze, the Executive Director Twaweza East Africa tasked media institutions to continue working towards building public trust by avoiding partisanship. He said that trust remains a big challenge affecting the media and it has implications on the economic viability of the industry

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