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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
Wednesday February 17 2021
Journalists display injuries they sustained after security operatives attacked them while covering Bobi Wine on February 17, 2021
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At least 10 journalists were left nursing injuries after military personnel attached to the Uganda People s Defence Forces (UPDF) assaulted them while covering Mr Kyagulanyi who was accompanied by relatives of Ugandans who have been abducted by security operatives during and after elections.
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Police and UPDF on Wednesday accused National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine of holding unlawful procession as they justified attack on journalists who were covering the former presidential candidate as he delivered his petition to the United Nation Human Rights offices in Kampala.
Military Police in Uganda has beaten journalists who were covering National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wineâs petition to the United Nations (UN) this afternoon.
The affected journalists include NBS TVâs Josephine Namakumbi, Timothy Murungi and Henry Ssekanjako of the New Vision, John Cliff Wamala of NTV, Irene Abalo Otto of Daily Monitor, and Shamim Nabakooza of Record TV.
Speaking to Nile Post, NBSâ Namakumbi said that they were covering the incident where security forces blocked the roads leading to the UN Human Rights office in Kololo, before military officers started beating them.
Namakumbi says that many of their colleagues have been left bleeding.
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