Andrew Mwenda, editor of the Independent, as well as two other journalists and a photographer were arrested and taken into police custody on Saturday. Police also confiscated three computers, flash drives, and other materials considered to be "seditious."
Read more about this on BBC, Reuters, the TED blog, and in the Daily Monitor.
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day. This year, Uganda was not included on the annual Reporters Without Borders survey. The web site lists no reason behind this decision.
See also: my Global Voices post about press freedom, Ugandan Insomniac hosts her own discussion on the topic, and a post from 2006 about Uganda's first case of internet censorship.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Andrew Mwenda Arrested
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