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When we tell a journalist please don’t go there, and you’re insisting you want to get the news there that is what happens. Cooperate with us, we need you, you need us. It is not that we’re targeting the media, no. We’re trying to protect your lives. We’re telling you there is danger there and for you, you’re insisting you must go where there is danger, yes we shall beat you for your own sake to help you understand that don’t go there. Yes, we shall use reasonable force to ensure that you don’t go where there is a reasonable force. That one I have no apologies. Is police apologising for mishandling journalists, my answer is am very sorry excuse me, we shall not apologize but we shall continue helping you, said Ochola. ....
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. ....
Perils of being a journalist on violent campaign trail January 1, 2021 Police officers attempt to arrest Ashraf Kasirye As campaigning for the forthcoming presidential elections enter a critical phase, several journalists are counting the cost of the campaign trail. If one has not been intimidated or arrested, they have consumed of teargas while others have endured the wrath brutality from security operative to the point of near death. BAKER BATTE LULE chronicles the stern tests journalists have been through right from nomination of presidential candidates. Ugandan journalism is undergoing a stern test in this election campaign period. weeks since the nomination of candidates on November 3, the journalism fraternity has been attacked severally, mostly by security agents. ....
Daily Monitor Wednesday December 30 2020 Summary EC last Saturday banned campaign meetings in Kampala, Wakiso, Mbarara, Kabarole, Luweero, Kasese, Masaka, Jinja, Kalungu, Kazo and Tororo, citing rising Covid -19 cases. Advertisement National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has vowed to conduct physical campaigns in the banned districts in total defiance of a directive by the Electoral Commission (EC) suspending campaigns in some parts of the country. EC last Saturday banned campaign meetings in Kampala, Wakiso, Mbarara, Kabarole, Luweero, Kasese, Masaka, Jinja, Kalungu, Kazo and Tororo, citing rising Covid -19 cases. Addressing a news conference at the NUP head office in Kampala yesterday, Mr Kyagulanyi accused the government of hiding behind Covid-19 to stop the campaigns. ....
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