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Government urged to exhibit a degree of tolerance to dissenting voices that have found refuge on online spaces
John Sentamu is accused of using Twitter to disturb the peace of the Speaker of Parliament with no purpose of legitimate communication.
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.
On 13 October Ugandan President, Yoweri Musenvini, signed into law the Computer Misuse (Amendment) act containing provisions that will seriously hamper press freedom. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Uganda Journalists Union (UJU), in condemning this repressive law and reminding Uganda of its obligations towards press freedom.