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NORTH KOREA: Schoolchildren & other people being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media 

Additional reporting - Sky News. People in North Korea, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching Squid Game and other foreign media, according to new testimony. Amnesty International has revealed the...

STILL MISSING: ABDUCTED NUP VP WESTERN UGANDA JOLLY JACKLYN TUKAMUSHABA’S FAMILY WORRIED & STRUGGLING

Ashaba Patricia,the first born of Jackline Tukamushaba - NUP Vice President Western Uganda and Rukiga district Woman MP...

Uganda expels 3rd French journalist during election period

By Reporters Without Borders-RSF.  RSF firmly condemns the series of expulsions targeting French journalists around Uganda’s presidential election,...

CDF & First Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba: We have so far killed 30 opposition supporters,over 2000 arrested 

The head of the Ugandan army and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba on...

Blood & Ballots in Uganda: Powerful Leaders including Speaker Anita Among Implicated

Uganda continues to grapple with serious setbacks hindering democracy countrywide, as citizens head to the polls to elect...

LC1 CM’s bodyguard kills fellow UPDF soldier over housemaid

POLICE STATEMENT - RWIZI REGION, ISINGIRO DISTRICT,01/06/2022. The territorial Police of Isingiro district is investigating circumstances under which a Uganda People's Defence Force-UPDF soldier...

Masindi: Journalist shot dead

The Media fraternity in Masindi district has this morning been engulfed with grief after saddening news of their colleague's death. Gerald Aseera, a journalist attached...

Ultimatum: Leave Dr. Kizza Besigye’s home now,address commodity prices crisis

Human rights defenders, concerned leaders and other stakeholders in Mbarara and western Uganda at large have issued 2 days ultimatum to police and the...

The “Concocted” Report on Assaulted Journalists

Uganda’s Permanent Representative at United Nations-UN, Amb. Dr. Adonia Ayebare has come out to refute the 9th May 2022 publication by Uganda’s News Paper...

PRESS FREEDOM: SHOULD JOURNALISTS OPT FOR OUT-OF-COURT SETTLEMENT?

A session characterized by thought-provoking questions, interesting ideas and discussion about media, safety, freedom, sustainability and other paramount issues as Journalists from western Uganda...

131 cases of media violations & abuses documented in 2021 – HRNJ Uganda

The Human Rights Network for Journalists in Uganda-HRNJ Uganda has today,28th April 2022 launched its 13th edition of the Annual Press Freedom Index Report...