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Burundi
Freedom of Expression Violations
AFEX condemns the detention of journalist Sandra Muhoza
On April 14, 2024, journalist Sandra Muhoza with online media outlet La Nova Burundi was reportedly arrested by the police and later handed over...
Malawi
Freedom of Expression Violations
MISA demands immediate release of arrested Malawian journalist
What happened
MISA demands the immediate release of the Malawi journalist, Macmillan Mhone who was arrested on Monday 8 April 2024 over a story that...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Police assault journalists, damage camera
A high profile police commander in Moroto District, Goerge Obia, on January 10, 2016 roughed up four journalists, damaging a video camera and confiscating...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Parliamentary Candidate’ Private Guards Mob Journalist, Confiscate Gadget.
This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 13, 2016.
A journalist working with a Masaka-based Buddu FM radio, Ali Golooba was on January...
Somalia Attacks
2015: Another Tragic Year for Freedom of Expression in Somalia
This article was originally published by NUSOJ on January 1, 2016
The National Union of Somali Journalists on January 1, 2016 unveiled the state of...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Police Quizzes, Detains Top Newspaper Editors Incommunicado over Publication of Missing Presidential Candidate Aide’s ‘Body’
This Alert was originally published by HRNJ-Uganda on January 8, 2016
Ugandan police on January 7, 2016, detained the Managing Editors of the Red Pepper...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Journalist assaulted while on duty
This was originally published by hrnjuganda.org on November 30, 2015.
Agnes Najjuma, a Vision Group correspondent in Mpigi District was assaulted by Tumwesigye Charles, the...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Police shoots, detains journalist and assaults others covering opposition politicians.
Police in Jinja district in Eastern Uganda have on October 15, 2015 shot and injured a Radio One correspondent in the area, Ivan Vincent...
Democratic Republic Of Congo Attacks
DRC: Three journalists arrested in a radio raid by agents of intelligence service.
A group of military men from information services popularly known as « Bureau 2 » interrupted, Tuesday October 13, 2015 around2:00pm, the installation of “...
Uganda Attacks
Uganda: Counter Terrorism Police arrest journalist
The Counter Terrorism Police, yesterday September 23, 2015 arrested a journalist from a court room in Kampala, detained him for one and a half...
Zimbabwe Attacks
MISA Zimbabwe condemns Pres. Mugabe’s threats against the media
MISA Zimbabwe strongly condemns threats by President Robert Mugabe against the media made on 15 September 2015 while addressing guests at a luncheon hosted...
Gambia Attacks
Gambia: Authorities revoke permission for Al Jazeera staff, threaten them with arrests
A team of Al Jazeera journalists that went to Banjul to film and report on human-interest stories have been prevented from carrying out their...
Nigeria Attacks
MRA Condemns Arrest and Detention of Journalist, Calls for his Unconditional Release
LAGOS: Monday, August 31, 2015: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the arrest and continued detention of Nigeria-based Cameroonian journalist, Simon Ateba, by the...
Zimbabwe Attacks
Zim Police Commissioner should investigate assaults of journalists
MISA-Zimbabwe Chairperson Kumbirai Mafunda has urged Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to investigate and bring to account members of his force involved in the assault of...