Bodyguard spills Bobi’s fears, teary moments
May 5, 2021 Fred Reagan Lule
During the 2020 campaigns, Regan Fred Lule, a former bodyguard and intelligence officer of Robert Kyagulanyi, typically wielded his power in the shadows of his former boss and presidential candidate of the opposition National Unity Platform, NUP.
In this second interview, Lule gives a rare inside look into the twists and turns of the Kyagulanyi campaign, which was closely shadowed by the police and military. He lays out in detail how an ebullient Christmas holiday turned ugly on December 27, 2020. December 27 was the sad day Kyagulanyi’s other bodyguard Francis Senteza Kalibbala was run over by an alleged military vehicle Reg. N0. H4DF 2382.
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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
Summary
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.
Ghetto TV s Ashraf recovers memory, recalls moments before shooting
February 13, 2021 Ashraf Kasirye
The morning of December 27, 2020, was like any other daybreak for Ashiraf Saif-Allah Kasirye, a reporter working with and for Ghetto Media, an online, TV affiliated to National Unity Platform (NUP) former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.
By December 27, Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine had spent 47 days traversing the breadth and width of this country convincing Ugandans that he was the best candidate to end Yoweri Museveni’s 35-year grip on power as president of Uganda.
That morning, Kyagulanyi together with the Masaka municipality MP, Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba and other politicians in the Masaka sub-region, woke up very early to attend a church service at Our Lady of Sorrows, Kitovu cathedral. Ashraf, as he’s fondly known by colleagues, didn’t go to church but waited for the group at Mpuuga’s home located in Sowet
One Free Press Coalition s 10 Most Urgent list, February 2021 Yahoo News Staff
Yahoo News, a member of the One Free Press Coalition, is publishing the group’s latest 10 Most Urgent list below to highlight the increasingly dangerous climate for journalists around the world.
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Investigative reporter fleeing detention and fearing deportation
In January, freelance journalist Mohammad Mosaed was detained by Turkish border police. He had fled Iran following a summons to begin serving his jail sentence in two days’ time. The sentence amounts to nearly five years in prison, a two-year ban on journalistic activities, and a two-year ban on his use of all communications devices. Mosaed had been arrested in 2019 for posting on Twitter during an internet shutdown that authorities had implemented in response to antigovernment protests. He was released, then arrested again in 2020 after he criticized the government’s lack of preparedness inresponding to COVID-19 and par