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Editors Guild slams FIRs against journalists over Republic Day violence India Published: Friday, January 29, 2021, 13:02 [IST] New Delhi, Jan 29: The Editors Guild of India on Friday strongly condemned the filing of FIRs against senior editors and journalists for their reporting on the farmers tractor rally and the ensuing violence here on Republic Day, saying it was an attempt to "intimidate, harass and stifle" the media. Rajdeep Sardesai In a statement, the Guild demanded that such FIRs be w...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 19 2021 Summary Presiding judge Esta Nambayo also issued a permanent injunction against the Media Council to immediately cease from registering journalists as planned due to lack of legal mandate and that its orders were irrational.  Advertisement The High Court in Kampala yesterday quashed with costs the directives by the Media Council that required journalists to register to cover the ongoing General Election and other State events. Presiding judge Esta Nambayo ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges and pushed the media into uncharted territory. Across the globe press freedom has been undermined by governments to control the public narrative and cover up their inadequacies. Authorities have clamped down on the media to control information and public debate about the pandemic, according to a statement issued by the International Press Institute. Emergency regulations were put in place, while new and existing laws relating to disinform...

Monday, 28 December 2020 00:17 -       A delegation from constituent partners and affiliates of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) met Mass Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella last week to request him to consult stakeholders when drafting media law reforms as had been proposed by the Minister recently. The Minister agreed to do so in the New Year.  The delegation comprised representatives of the Newspaper Society of Sri Lanka, The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka, Free Media Moveme...

Ugandan clergy call for restraint ahead of 2021 polls JOHN SEMAKULA Religious leaders in Uganda have asked the government and the civil society to exercise restraint as a crackdown on civil liberties gathers momentum ahead of the 2021 general election.  The Anglican Bishop of Mukono Diocese, the Rt Rev James William Sebaggala, told  Sight officials in government as well as those in civil society must take responsibility for every decision they make to put an end to the ongoing crackdown on...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 22 2020 MASAKA/RAKAI- Presidential candidate Nancy Kalemba has questioned the motive of the Media Council of Uganda to register journalists, a few days to the 2021 General Election. According to the guidelines released on December 10, all practicing journalists covering election events must hold press tags issued by the council or they won’t be able to cover electoral and other events. The exercise, which was supposed to start last week, was expected to run up t...

Daily Monitor Thursday December 17 2020 Summary It is time for us to write a new media law, not try to implement one that is clearly obsolete. Advertisement The deregulation of the media industry in Uganda in the early 1990s saw a proliferation of new radio and television stations, as well as small print titles. The resulting demand for journalistic talent was so great, the undergraduate Mass Communication course at Makerere University became the most-sought-after overnight and would continue t...

December 15, 2020 Uganda Media Council wants all journalists covering the 2021 election registered by December 18, 2020 Representatives of the Editors’ Guild, together with other partners in the industry, today met with the Uganda Media Council following its recent communication on accrediting journalists to cover the 2021 general elections and other state events.  We continue to note that Ugandan law gives the Council the mandate to regulate the journalism industry. As a body founded to pr...