SHRINKING PRESS FREEDOM IN UGANDA. Buganda road court has further remanded two journalists, Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Ssengooba to Luzira prison until July 9, 2024 following their stories implicating corrupt perpetrators.
Mubiru, the editor, and his reporter Ssengooba of Ono Bwiino and Grapevine news websites under Grace Publications majorly report about investigations into budget misappropriation at parliament.
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A few days after their stories, they were summoned to the Police which led to their arrest, and they were detained at Central Police Station (CPS) Kampala, until they were produced before a magistrate at Buganda Road Court to take a plea.
They are battling charges of operating without license, instead of defamation. On June 21, 2024, court remanded them until July 9, 2024, but they were brought to court yesterday for their bail consideration. They were further remanded until July 9, 2024.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists-CPJ has called for their release. Uganda is among the countries where journalists are facing escalating pressing challenges and harassment, yet most of these cases are unreported.
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