Uganda - Two Kampala newspapers unable to publish for past ten days

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the fact that two Kampala-based newspapers have been forcibly occupied by the police and prevented from publishing since 20 May. Declaring them to be “crime scenes,” the police continue to block access to the offices of Pepper Publications, owner of the Red Pepper newspaper, and Monitor Publication Limited (MPL), owner of the Daily Monitor. Two radio stations – KFM Radio and Ddembe FM – that are housed on the same block as MPL's headquarters, also (...)

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