Uganda - Government urged to show restraint after shooting of journalist

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders said it was “shocked” at the shooting by a ministerial bodyguard today of freelance journalist Julius Odeke and called for the guard to be punished and for journalists be allowed to work freely during today's general election. Odeke, who works for the magazine Red Pepper and the newspaper Razer, was shot in the knee at close range by a bodyguard of minister of the presidency Beatrice Wabudeya. “Such a mindless attack on a journalist is deplorable, especially by (...)

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