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• Ouganda : WBS TV journalist threatened with death while on assignment
  6 avril 2012, par HRNJ-Uganda

  Mulindwa Mukasa, a correspondent with local private television station Wavah Broadcasting Service (WBS) TV, was arrested at Nabweru Parents School, a private primary school, while following up a news story about the treatment of the pupils. Mulindwa is the Executive Board chairperson of Human Rights for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda).
  The school is located in Nabweru village, about 5 kilometers from the capital Kampala, in Nansana town council, Wakiso district. It is owned by Ronald (…)

• Soudan : Sudanese Security Stops Circulation of Almidan
  10 juillet 2011, par Sudanese Communist Party

  The Sudanese Security forces refused to allow the distribution Of Almidan issue of Sunday 10th of July. This is the fourth intervention by the security forces resulting in blocking Almidan from reaching its readers.
  The Sunday was very important since it came immediately after the establishment of of the new Republic of Southern Sudan. The Sunday issue published a caricater depicting the government as responsible for the split of the country.
  The editorial of the said issue have put (…)

• Soudan : Un journal fermé, des journaux suspendus ou confisqués, des journalistes agressés
  3 octobre 2011, par Reporters sans frontières

  Reporters sans frontières est extrêmement inquiète du tour de vis opéré par les autorités soudanaises sur les médias indépendants et les voix contestataires, au cours du mois de septembre. Un journal a été fermé, plusieurs suspendus, deux journalistes agressés alors que le gouvernement a exprimé son intransigeance à l’égard des journaux qui consacrent des articles au parti d’opposition armé du Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), aux événements de la région du Blue Nile et du (…)

• RDC : RSF se joint à JED pour dénoncer "le système de répression planifié" contre les journalistes
  10 novembre 2018, par Journaliste en danger, Reporters sans frontières

  À la veille de l’élection présidentielle, Journalistes en danger (JED), l’organisation partenaire de Reporters sans frontières (RSF) en République démocratique du Congo (RDC) publie un rapport alarmant pour l’année 2018 sur l’état de la liberté de la presse intitulé « Journalistes et médias sous pression : les élections de tous les dangers ». Entre le 3 novembre 2017 et le 2 novembre 2018, JED a recensé 121 cas d’attaques contre les médias et les journalistes, un chiffre identique à celui (…)

• Zambie : Authorities threaten to revoke radio station’s licence
  10 décembre 2010

  (MISA/IFEX) - On 21 November 2010, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) Permanent Secretary, Dr. Sam Phiri, threatened to revoke Radio Lyambai’s broadcasting license due to allegations that the station was intending to host an opposition political party leader, Michael Sata, to discuss a controversial issue surrounding the Barotseland Agreement (BA) of 1964.
  In an interview with MISA-Zambia, Radio Lyambai’s station manager, Mukeya Liwena, said that the threat was (…)

• Ouganda : Radio station succumbs to pressure, suspends political talk show
  31 octobre 2011, par HRNJ-Uganda

  Masindi - The Kitara FM radio station has reportedly suspended its political talk show and replaced it with a sports programme, due to pressure from the Resident District Commissioner.
  The station’s director reportedly made the decision after he attended a district security meeting in which the issue was discussed. The suspended talk show, "Kikukwasireho", meaning "What concerns you" in English, aired every Sunday between 12:00 and 3:00 p.m. and was hosted by Samuel Kajumba, a.k.a Lucky (…)

• Zimbabwe : "Daily News" journalist arrested
  8 décembre 2011, par MISA

  Police on 2 December 2011 stormed into the "Daily News" newsroom and arrested reporter Xolisani Ncube in connection with an article about a government minister that appeared in the paper last month which was titled "Chombo brags about riches".
  Meanwhile, the editor, Stanely Gama, who had also been summoned by the police in relation to the same investigation, handed himself over to the police in the company of his lawyer Alec Muchadehama.
  The two were still still being interviewed by the (…)

• Gabon : Deux médias suspendus pour des reportages sur un opposant
  17 janvier 2012, par Comité pour la protection des journalistes (CPJ)

  Le gouvernement du Gabon, dirigé par le président Ali Bongo, a imposé mardi dernier des suspensions à une station de télévision et un journal pour des reportages sur le chef de fil de l’opposition, André Mba Obame, selon des journalistes locaux et des médias.
  Le Conseil national de la Communication (CNC) du Gabon a annoncé à la télévision publique nationale la suspension de la chaîne TV+ appartenant à M. Obame et de l’hebdomadaire privé Echos Du Nord, respectivement pour trois mois et deux (…)

• Ouganda : Security forces raid newspaper’s offices, detain staff
  1er juin 2011, par HRNJ-Uganda

  Kampala - Security forces have raided "Ggwanga" newspaper’s offices and arrested four employees.
  The forces arrested the paper’s managing director, Kizito Sserumaga, editor Alex Lubwama, administrator Patricia Serebe and security guard Lukyamuzi Peter.
  The 20-man raid, commanded by old Kampala police station boss Siraje Bakaleke, was allegedly conducted on the grounds that the paper had materials which might "incite violence".
  HRNJ-Uganda has learned that the security forces conducted (…)

• Human rights violations increase as Ugandans head to polls
  22 février 2016

  The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) is alarmed at the deteriorating human rights situation in Uganda ahead of the country’s 2016 polls.
  AFEX has noted with dismay the increased hostility of state officials and security agents in Uganda towards the media and opposition elements in the run-up to the February 18, 2016 general elections.
  From October 2015 to date, more than 15 journalists have been attacked while covering opposition campaigns or carrying out their duties. In (…)