Vincent Nzaramba, the author of a book that called for President Yoweri Museveni to relinquish power, is in detention at the feared Rapid Response Unit (RRU) headquarters in Kireka, a Kampala suburb.
Nzaramba, who published a book under the title "People Power : Battle the Mighty General", was arrested on 17 September by about 10 plain-clothed security operatives at his home in Kampala district.
This was Nzaramba’s second book. His first book was published in January 2011. The first book (…)
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Ouganda : Author arrested for publishing book that called for president to step down
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Arrêts immédiat des persécutions contre la presse indépendante et retour au Gabon contre Désiré ENAME
1er juin 2012, par Ça suffit comme ça !Journaliste émérite et talentueux, responsable du principal journal libre du Gabon « Echos du Nord », Désiré ENAME est depuis plusieurs années victime des persécutions du pouvoir en place au Gabon.
Dans la volonté du régime d’ALI BONGO de faire taire toutes les voix discordantes et de promouvoir la pensée unique à travers des propagandes mensongères véhiculées par les seuls médias d’Etat et une presse privée aux ordres du clan au pouvoir , le travail de son journal est constamment (…) -
« Les travailleurs somaliens, y compris les professionnels de l’information, ont besoin de la solidarité internationale »
14 avril 2011, par CSIEn 2009, la Somalie était considérée comme le « pays le plus meurtrier au monde pour les journalistes ». Alors que l’on nous rapporte toujours plus de cas d’agression et de répression à l’encontre des professionnels de l’information et des sociétés de presse, Omar Faruk Osman, secrétaire général du Syndicat national des journalistes somaliens (National Union of Somali Journalists – NUSOJ) et de l’Association des journalistes d’Afrique de l’Est (Eastern Africa Journalists Association – EAJA), (…)
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Tunisie : Le TMG de l’IFEX demande l’invalidation des condamnations à sept ans d’emprisonnement
5 juin 2012À la veille d’une audience en appel le 28 mai, le Groupe d’observation de la Tunisie organisé par l’Échange international de la liberté d’expression (TMG de l’IFEX), coalition de 21 groupes membres de l’IFEX, demande aux autorités judiciaires tunisiennes d’invalider les condamnations à sept ans d’emprisonnement prononcées à la fin mars contre Ghazi Ben Mohamed Beji et Jaber Ben Abdallah Majri.
Le 28 mars, les deux hommes ont été reconnus coupables par la Première chambre de Mahdia d’avoir (…) -
NUSOJ demands end to assaults on journalist, media freedoms in Somaliland
6 novembre 2011, par National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the ongoing brutalities against independent journalists in Somaliland.
Journalist Mohamed Abdi Kahin, nicknamed "Boosh", who works for the online news website Ramaasnews and the privately-owned television station Royal TV, was brutally beaten on 27 October 2011 by Somaliland police in the city of Hargeisa after the police accused him of taking pictures of "women protesting."
On 19 September, police in Hargeisa beat up and (…) -
Ouganda : Police biggest violators of media freedom in Uganda
17 février 2013, par Human Rights Network for JournalistsPress freedom in Uganda remains fragile as journalists continue to be attacked by security agencies — mainly the Uganda police — and verbal threats of arrest and closure of media houses which “sabotage development” continue, according to the Press Freedom Index 2012 report released by Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda on Tuesday, 5 February in Kampala.
The report titled "No Gains : Press freedom still fragile" shows that by December 2012, 42 of the 85 attacks on journalist (…) -
Cameroonian government suspends 11 media organisations ahead of elections
22 septembre 2013, par International Press InstituteThree weeks before parliamentary elections in Cameroon, the government’s National Communications Council (NCC) has ordered the suspension of 11 media organisations, accusing them of unprofessionalism and unethical behaviour.
The suspension of seven newspapers, three radio outlets and a television station constitutes a violation of press freedom in the West African country, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today.
The NCC also suspended two publishers and a journalist, ranging (…) -
Ugandan police defy court order, occupy publication premises
27 mai 2013, par HRNJ-UgandaOn 23 May 2013, Ugandan security operatives defied a court order demanding them to vacate the premises of Monitor publications, as they arrested five civil society members who were protesting the defiance.
The road to Monitor publications has been blocked and no one – including pedestrians – is allowed to use it, as more security personnel were deployed to guard the premises.
The siege of the Monitor and Red Pepper publications and the deactivation of Ddembe and KFM located (within the (…) -
Independent media network violently raided by authorities in Somalia
13 novembre 2013, par National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ)The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns the crackdown and ransacking of Shabelle Media Network, the leading independent media network in Somalia, by the security forces of the Federal Government of Somalia, and considers it a serious threat to media freedom and freedom of expression in Somalia.
On the morning of Saturday, 26 October, security personnel cordoned off the building hosting Radio Shabelle and SkyFM, both part of Shabelle Media Network. The police restricted (…) -
HRNJ-Uganda condemns assault on journalist by police
31 janvier 2012, par HRNJ-UgandaThe Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) is dismayed by the conduct of the Deputy Regional Police Commander (D/RPC) for the Lango region in Northern Uganda, Alfred Tumure, who roughed up a journalist and slapped him before deleting all materials from his photo camera.
Emmanuel Opio, the Daily Monitor correspondent based in Lira district, fell victim to this gruesome act on 17 December 2011 when he was covering a story regarding the interrogation of four suspects by the (…)