Human Rights Body for journalists has condemned the continued illegal detention of a radio journalist saying this is a deliberate move by state organs to curtail media freedoms. The National coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists Geoffrey Ssebalaga says that whereas the group has asked the authorities to produce Augustine Okello in courts […]
Timothy Kalyegira, the Managing Editor of one of Uganda Online Magazines ‘ the Uganda Record’ who was remanded to Luzira prison on charges of criminal libel has been released on court bail. A Grade II Magistrate at Kampala City Hall Court, James Wambeya yesterday remanded Kalyegira after reading to him charges of defaming the person of […]
Timothy Kalyegira a renowned journalist has been arrested and remanded to Luzira Prisons on allegation of criminal libel and defamation. Kalyegira who had gone to Kiira road police station to ask for his passport that was confiscated sometime back was surprised to be told by the station CID boss, Prudence Haguma that he was under […]
Shaka Ssali, a re-known Ugandan Journalist and talk show presenter of Focus on Africa on the Voice of America TV and radio has been denied a chance to appear on a radio and TV station in the Eastern town of Mbale Uganda. Ssali who is on a country wide tour organized by the US embassy […]