Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Sempala, the National Coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists in Uganda (HRNJ) has warned politicians to desist from interfering with the operations of the media in an unlawful manner. He was responding to the recent threats by Kwania District LCV chairperson, Geoffrey Alex …
Read More »HRNJ joins legal battle seeking release of Alternative Digitalk staff
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another set of human rights lawyers under the instructions of Human Rights Network for Journalists-HRNJ have petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding for the production of the bodies of the detained presenters of Alternative Digitalk, an online TV, whether dead or alive. Those detained …
Read More »IGP Ochola should be held accountable for inciting violence against journalists-HRNJ
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Human Rights Network of Journalists (HRNJ) wants the Inspector General of Police Ochola to be held accountable for his statements on beating journalists. In January, Ochola said that security agencies will continue beating journalists purposely to deter them from going where there is …
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