Posts Tagged ‘press freedom’
Ugandan journalist missing, held by anti-terrorism force, sources say
Ugandan radio journalist Arafat Nzito disappeared last week, and human rights observers in Uganda think he is being held by the country’s Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force, a security arm of the Ugandan government. Nzito, 23, had been working for two months with Radio Simba, a popular FM station known for its political talk shows before [...]
Why is it so dangerous to be a journalist in Uganda?
Ugandan journalist Allan Brian Ssenyonga, a frequent guest writer on this blog, says Ugandan journalists naively assume press badges and working for the public interest will keep them safe. It is, alas, a deadly mistake. A colleague of mine at The New Times, a Rwandan daily for which I am a freelance columnist, once told [...]
Check your press freedoms at the (US) border
John Dinges, a Columbia University journalism school professor and a veteran of Latin America (saving you the string of awards he’s won), headed back to his old stomping ground recently. Visiting Venezuela and Chile was no problem. It’s the coming home that got him: After examining his passport, he said, the CBP [customs and border [...]
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