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Uganda  Digital Rights

Uganda Abandons Social Media Tax But Slaps New Levy on Internet Data

By Daniel Mwesigwa | Uganda has ditched the Over-The-Top (OTT) tax that it introduced three years ago on the use of social media services after...
Uganda 

Reflecting on the State of Access to Information in Uganda and COVID-19

Since its inception, the right to information, even during crises, has always implicitly existed under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,...
Uganda 

Court grants bail to two online journalists after three weeks on remand

Kampala, 17th/June/2021; Court at Buganda Road has this afternoon granted cash bail to two online journalists, Pidson Kareire and Darious Magara of the Drone...
KenyaTanzaniaUganda  Digital Rights

How the COVID-19 Fight Has Hurt Digital Rights in East Africa

By Paul Kimumwe, Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA).  The fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Kenya, Tanzania, and...
Uganda  Freedom of Expression Violations

AFEX Condemns Military Brutality Against Journalists in Uganda

The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) condemns the brutal attack by the Ugandan military on journalists and calls for immediate investigations and punishment...
Uganda  Digital Rights

AFEX Calls on Uganda Authorities to Ensure Safety of Journalists, Keep the Internet On during Elections

Ugandans go to the polls to elect a President on January 14, 2021, in a tensed context which has seen several journalists assaulted, arrested,...
Uganda  Freedom of Expression Violations

Uganda: Police and Hooligans Attack Journalists

Plain clothed men arrested Tony Lule, a journalist attached to Bukedde TV on 12th November 2020 at about 6pm at the Vision Group offices...
Uganda  Digital Rights

Uganda’s Social Media Tax Undermining COVID-19 Fight

Globally, in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), social media has played various roles, such as  filling information vacuums and providing...
Uganda  Freedom of Expression Violations

Police Arrest Six Journalists over Report on University

Police have arrested six journalists at Makerere University who had been invited to cover a story of foreign students who are still locked down...
Uganda 

HRNJ-Uganda Calls for an End to Violations Against Journalists

Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) at a time when the...
Uganda  Safety of Journalists

HRNJ-Uganda Calls for an End to Violations Against Journalists

Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) at a time when the...
Uganda  Freedom of Expression Violations

Police Release Vision Group Journalist on Bond

Police in Kamuli released Gwebayanga Tom, a Vision Group Correspondent in Buyende district on 22nd April 2020 after spending a night in a police...
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