IFJ 18 February 2021 Uganda: FAJ condemns violent attacks against journalists The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the pan-African organisation of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), notes with serious concern and condemns in the strongest terms, the continuing attacks on journalists and media freedom in Uganda by the security forces. Credit: UJU Several journalists suffered grave bodily injuries and psychological trauma on February 17, when the military police pounced on them as they covered the hand over of a petition against the deteriorating human rights situation in the country, to the United Nations Human Rights Office in Kampala, by National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine.