Please find below links to media freedom news items for Uganda. These have been organised by publication date.

2019

17/10/2019 - Uganda Media Houses Say Regulator Stifling Space - VOA

14/10/2019 - Uganda Tightens Clampdown on Media - Human Rights Watch 

02/10/2019 - Political coverage becomes risky for the journalists in Uganda - Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda 

12/08/2019 - Uganda to register, monitor social influencers - Defence Web

14/06/2019 - Ugandan editor charged with criminal libel and 'offensive communication' - CPJ

23/05/2019 - Uganda court blocks government bid to suspend journalists - The East African 

12/05/2019 - Uganda slips further in World Press Freedom rankings - The Independent 

10/05/2019 - Uganda media in court after Bobi Wine coverage - Al Jazeera

08/05/2019 - Journalists drag UCC to court over suspended colleagues - The Citizen 

06/05/2019 - Ugandan regulators order 13 media outlets to suspend staff over coverage of opposition figure - Advox 

02/05/2019 - Uganda’s Continued Attempts to Gag the Media - HRW 

29/04/2019 - Uganda radio stations say warned against hosting Besigye - The Citizen

20/04/2019 - Besigye radio station woes: UCC denies role - Daily Monitor

27/02/2019 - Millions of Ugandans quit internet services as social media tax takes effect - The Guardian

12/02/2019 - Soyinka, Falana, Femi Kuti, others petition against Uganda’s censorship law - Premium Times 

08/02/2019 - Several Ugandan journalists arrested while investigating corruption - RSF 

07/02/2019 - Investigative Journalist Kassim Mohamed Arrested in Uganda - Kenyans.co.ke

25/11/2019 - Will Uganda shut down the internet as opposition heats up for 2021 elections? - Global Voices 

07/11/2019 - ass journalist arrests in Uganda highlight long-term crackdown on press freedom - International Press Institute 

2018

25/10/2018 - The State of Journalism in Uganda - The Media Project

08/10/2018 - How the Ugandan Media has Borne the Brunt of Censorship for Decades - The Wire 

27/09/2018 - Uganda: The Shrinking Space for Media Freedom in Uganda - All Africa

10/09/2018 - Uganda: Journalists on firing line amid political unrest - International Press Institute

23/08/2018 - Workers' MPs Demand Compensation of Brutalized Journalists - ChimpReports

22/08/2018 - Careful What You Photograph in Uganda -Free Expression Remains in the Crosshairs- Human Rights Watch

20/08/2018 - Ugandan authorities apologise after soldiers attack journalists - Eye Witness News

20/07/2018 - Uganda’s government is doubling down on its controversial social media tax - Quartz Africa

17/07/2018 - Uganda: 3 Journalists Covering Mobile Money Tax Protests Arrested - All Africa

14/07/2018 - This tax on social media can’t prevent Ugandans taunting their leaders - The Guardian

27/06/2018 - Porn detectors, Facebook tax: Uganda tightens grip on internet - Bloomberg

18/06/2018 - Ugandan President, officials verbally attack and threaten media - Committee to Protect Journalists

15/06/2018 - Ugandan President insults and threatens media in televised address - Reporters Without Borders

17/04/2018 - Uganda plans to tax social media to stop gossip on Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter - Quartz

20/02/2018 - Journalist arrested for 'using mouth recklessly' - New Vision 

20/02/2018 - ISO release New Vision journalist Etukuri without charge - All Africa