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Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 17 2021
NTV journalist John Cliff Wamala s head being stitched following an injury he sustained when security officers attacked a group of journalists covering Bobi Wine petition. PHOTOS/ NICHOLAS BAMULANZEKI
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In a statement on December 27, Enanga said that “journalists were regrettably caught up” in a confrontation with supporters of Bobi Wine in Masaka, and said that the police Media Crimes Unit had opened investigations into the incident. He said that police “pledge better protection cover” to journalists covering campaigns.
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Several journalists have been admitted to hospital with serious injuries they sustained when military police on Wednesday assaulted them while covering National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi who was delivering his petition to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) offices in Kololo, Kampala.
Daily Monitor
Sunday January 24 2021
Moment. The writer in conversation with the operation commander of the day as his colleague looks on in Kalangala. PHOTOS | ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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The plight of a journalist: Following a campaign trail during elections started out exciting until we had running battles with security forces. Derrick Wandera writes about his experience in Kalangala District.
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December 30, 2020. The day I was first arrested on duty will remain a turning point in my journalism career. Being arrested and bundled up on a police patrol truck would have been bearable but not this time.
When the team of journalists realised that the police was driving presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, alias Bobi Wine and his campaign team from the landing site in Kalangala towards Kalangala Town which is about 26 kilometres away, we rushed ahead of them to take strategic positions close to the helicopter (chopper) for the best shot.
Police beat, detain journalists covering opposition candidates ahead of Uganda elections
By Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) LISTEN
JAN 8, 2021
Newspapers covering upcoming elections are seen in Kampala, Uganda, on January 4, 2021. Security forces have harassed and detained journalists covering opposition candidates in the election. (AFP/Sumy Sadurni)
Nairobi, January 7, 2021 – Ugandan security forces should stop harassing and attacking journalists, and should ensure that the press can freely cover the country’s upcoming elections, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Since December 11, security officers have assaulted at least 10 journalists covering opposition events ahead of the country’s January 14 presidential election, and briefly detained at least two members of the press and questioned them about their work, according to media reports and journalists who spoke with CPJ.