Court awards journalists sh150m over brutality

Justifying his decision for the award, Justice Boniface Wamala of the Civil Division of the High Court, on November 13, 2024, ruled that the journalists’ rights to dignity and freedom from torture were violated.

The journalists were beaten by security officers while covering National Unity Platform party president Robert Kyagulanyi's petition submission to the United Nations Human Rights office in Kololo, Kampala on February 17, 2021. (New Vision/Files)