Jubilation is everywhere in Uganda following the Constitutional Court scrapping the law on sedition from the Penal Code.Sedition is where a person utters or publishes statements aimed at bringing hatred, contempt or disaffection against the President, the Government or the Judiciary. Reactions come from different angles giving different opinions. I trailed them to give you, my readers, a variety of reactions. First we look at the journalist who challenged this law in court and the story was published in the Independent, a paper he owns and it is found on this link.http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/component/content/article/106-myblog/3389-court-scrapes-law-on-sedition. The daily Monitor, another daily in Uganda had the story covered this way http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/996520/-/x4iyiu/-/index.html
After the ruling, media reports continued and it was pointed out that government was planning to appeal. The Monitor again covered the story of government appealing as follows:http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/997784/-/x4jpkd/-/index.html
However, the institution mostly affected by this is the media. When media practitioners learn't of Government's intentions of appealing, they did not hold their peace and reacted back in one of the stories which is found herehttp://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/999480/-/x4l1u8/-/index.html
Journalists rights bodies also joined in the mixed celebration. Among them was the Human Rights Network for Journalists whose coverage of the issue appeared in the story on this link.http://hrnjuganda.blogspot.com/. This is not all that was covered. however, it is what i have manged to access. I call upon all media practitioners to add their voices to that of the civil society in ensuring that we enjoy our freedom of expression.
After the ruling, media reports continued and it was pointed out that government was planning to appeal. The Monitor again covered the story of government appealing as follows:http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/997784/-/x4jpkd/-/index.html
However, the institution mostly affected by this is the media. When media practitioners learn't of Government's intentions of appealing, they did not hold their peace and reacted back in one of the stories which is found herehttp://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/999480/-/x4l1u8/-/index.html
Journalists rights bodies also joined in the mixed celebration. Among them was the Human Rights Network for Journalists whose coverage of the issue appeared in the story on this link.http://hrnjuganda.blogspot.com/. This is not all that was covered. however, it is what i have manged to access. I call upon all media practitioners to add their voices to that of the civil society in ensuring that we enjoy our freedom of expression.
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