Uganda rsquo;s government must use its latest term to reverse the ongoing deterioration in respect for human rights, said Amnesty International ahead of President Yoweri Museveni rsquo;s sixth swearing-in as leader of the East African country.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 04 2021
Mr Oulanyah asked journalists to stand their ground and avoid being compromised, especially while working on stories that can bring about social-economic development. Photo | Courtesy
Summary
He also asked journalists to stand their ground and avoid being compromised, especially while working on stories that can bring about social-economic development.
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Jacob Oulanyah, has urged journalists to serve with humility and integrity.
While speaking during a thanksgiving service and launch of the Church of Uganda Media Association yesterday to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day, Mr Oulanyah appealed to media practitioners to stick to the journalism code of ethics as they execute their work if they are to be rewarded by both God and men.
AFEX condemns killing of Kenyan journalist and demands investigation
Journalist Betty Barasa, Visuasa News/Facebook Evidence points to the fact that the killing of editor and producer, Betty Muthekele Barasa, by assailants who invaded her home, could be linked to her work.
This statement was originally published on africafex.org on 12 April 2021.
The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is profoundly dismayed by, and strongly condemns the gruesome killing of Betty Mutekhele Barasa, a journalist working with Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).
AFEX demands that the Kenyan authorities, as matter of urgency, investigate the murder of the journalist and bring to book the assailants and the masterminds of this crime. Kenya’s failure to do so will amount to condoning impunity for crimes against journalists, embolden other potential killers of journalists, and undermine the state of press freedom in the country.
Yet another Ugandan journalist has reportedly been tortured at the hands of security operatives.
The Daily Monitor reports that Enoch Matovu, who is NTV’s correspondent in Mityana District, Kampala,was on Thursday night battered by security operatives who attacked him on his way home.
Matovu says he was on his way home with his 10-year-old daughter during curfew hours when soldiers moving in a double cabin vehicle called him by name, and then pounced on him.
The operatives, he says, covered his daughters’ eyes and then beat him to the extent that his limbs were sprained, in what appears to be a coordinated and targeted attack on him as a journalist.
NTV correspondent battered by security operatives
Saturday April 24 2021
A video-grab of Mr Enoch Matovu, undergoing medical checkups after he was beaten by security operatives on Thursday night.
Summary
The operatives, he says, covered his daughters eyes and then beat him to the extent that his limbs were sprained, in what appears to be a coordinated and targeted attack on him as a journalist.
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NTV correspondent in Mityana District, Mr Enoch Matovu, was on Thursday night battered by security operatives who attacked him on his way home.
Mr Matovu says he was on his way home with his 10-year-old daughter during curfew hours when soldiers moving in a double cabin vehicle called him by name, and then pounced on him.