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October 26, 2022
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Uganda to urgently repeal an amendment to its Computer Misuse Act criminalising “false information,” which President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law. The Ugandan authorities must safeguard online freedom of expression, RSF says.
October 18, 2022
Computer Misuse Amendment Act
April 29, 2022
Rights must be better protected, ARTICLE 19 told the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
March 29, 2022
'Alternative Digitalk TV' executive director Norman Tumuhimbise and TV host Faridah Bikobere were released on bail, after being charged with offensive communication and cyberstalking.
March 19, 2022
Rights groups urged Ugandan authorities to free two journalists detained for days over allegations of “offensive communication” targeting President Yoweri Museveni
March 19, 2022
Cyberstalking and “offensive communication” can carry prison terms of up to five and two years respectively under Uganda’s Computer Misuse law.
March 18, 2022
Tumuhimbise is the second writer to be charged with offensive communication in recent months.
March 18, 2022
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Rights groups urged Ugandan authorities to free two journalists detained for days over allegations of “offensive communication” targeting President Yoweri Museveni. The journalists, Norman Tumuhimbise and Faridah Bikobere, have been in custody since March 10, when security forces raided the premises of their online outlet and arrested several people.
March 18, 2022
Rights groups urged Ugandan authorities to free two journalists detained for days over allegations of “offensive communication” targeting President Yoweri Museveni