Press Freedom Day: Journalists urged to stand up for one another

Dr Sylvia Namubiru from the Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPNET) urged journalists to take action decisively against the perpetrators.

Margaret Ssentamu, the executive director of Uganda Media Women Association (UMWA) signing on the report board at the launch of the 2021 HRNJ-U annual press freedom Index in Kampala. Photo by Godiver

By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Police was captured as the lead violator of journalist rights in the recently released 2021 Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ) report. The other perpetrators were UPDF, RDCs, SFC, Uganda

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Press Freedom Day: Journalists urged to stand up for one another

Dr Sylvia Namubiru from the Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPNET) urged journalists to take action decisively against the perpetrators.

Margaret Ssentamu, the executive director of Uganda Media Women Association (UMWA) signing on the report board at the launch of the 2021 HRNJ-U annual press freedom Index in Kampala. Photo by Godiver

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