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
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.
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.
Attacks against Ugandan journalists intensify ahead of elections
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Journalists wearing helmets and protective vests cover an appearance by presidential candidate Bobi Wine as the police fire tear gas, in Jinja, Uganda, 1 December 2020, Getty Images/Getty Images Police in Lira assaulted six journalists who were covering a standoff between the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, and police that lasted for close to eight hours.
This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on 12 December 2020.
Police in Lira assaulted six journalists who were covering a standoff between the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, and police that lasted for close to eight hours. Kyagulanyi was blocked from Ngeta road in Lira district as he was heading to Alebtong district to hold a campaign rally.
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