December 2020

Journalists in Uganda face accreditation hurdles ahead of election

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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ugandan authorities to ensure that members of the press can freely cover the country’s national elections scheduled on January 14, 2021. On December 10, 2020 the Media Council of Uganda, a statutory body, said that local and foreign journalists would be barred from covering electoral events […]

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Chadian Police raid Radio FM Liberté

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Chadian authorities should refrain from conducting police raids on news outlets and should thoroughly investigate allegations that journalist Blaise Noubarassem was assaulted by police and intimidated by a government official, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On November 27, in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, police raided the office of privately owned broadcaster Radio FM Liberté

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