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NUP demands justice for 35 journalists


Daily Monitor
Tuesday May 04 2021
Mr Moses Waiswa, a journalist attached to Busoga one FM was rushed to hospital in critical condition after he was brutally beaten by police while covering NUP presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. PHOTO/ DERRICK WANDERA
Summary
During a press conference at their headquarters at Naguru in Kampala, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said Mr Ochola had commended journalists for the noble contribution.
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Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has appealed to the Judiciary to expedite the delivery of justice for 35 journalists whom it says were tortured while covering party activities.
“Many journalists who cover our activities have been targeted and we demand that they are given due justice. This spans from the Arua saga in 2018 to date,” Mr Joel Ssenyonyi, the party spokesperson, said during an event to commemorate the World Press Freedom Day. ....

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Four battered journalists drag government to court


Daily Monitor
Wednesday March 03 2021
L-R. Human Rights lawyer Eronie Kiiza with some of the journalists who were tortured at the offices of UN Human Rights Headquarters in Kololo; John Cliff Wamala, Josephine Namakumbi, and Shamim Nabakooza at High Court in Kampala on March 03, 2021. PHOTO | ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
Summary
Last month, several journalists were admitted to hospitals with serious injuries which they sustained when military police assaulted them while covering the National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi as he delivered a petition to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) offices in Kololo, Kampala.
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Four journalists who were beaten at the United Nations Officers in Kololo last month have dragged the government to court over the continued harassment.  ....

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Military police beats up 8 journalists covering Bobi Wine at UN offices


Military police beats up 8 journalists covering Bobi Wine at UN offices
February 17, 2021
One of the injured journalists
At least eight journalists from six media houses are nursing injuries after military police mercilessly pounced on them and beat them with batons near the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights offices in Kololo today. 
The journalists were covering National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, who had gone to deliver a petition to the UN over continued human rights violations in the country which include arbitrary arrests, murders, kidnaps among others
Among those most injured were NTV journalist, John Cliff Wamala who was hit on the head causing a deep cut. Others include; Timothy Mulungi and Henry Sekanjako of ....

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7 UPDF soldiers jailed for beating journalists


7 UPDF soldiers jailed for beating journalists
February 18, 2021
Written by URN
Seven soldiers who were part of a group that assaulted journalists yesterday near the United Nations offices have allegedly been charged and convicted for conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF).
Seven journalists from different media houses are nursing wounds after military police personnel pounced on them and arbitrary beat them with batons as they covered National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi who was delivering a petition to the UN over increasing human rights violations in the country.  
Among those injured were NTV journalist, Jo ....

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