Uganda court blocks government bid to suspend journalists
Ugandan journalists and activists demonstrate in the capital Kampala on May 3, 2019, to demand the resignation of Godfrey Mutabazi, the executive director of Uganda Communications Commission. PHOTO | KELVIN ATUHAIRE | DAILY MONITOR
Uganda's high court on Thursday blocked a government bid to suspend dozens of top journalists, on the grounds their coverage of the arrest of popstar MP Bobi Wine had endangered national security.
The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) earlier this month called for 13 radio and TV stations to suspend their news editors, producers and heads of programming over their coverage of the latest detention of the popular rapper and politician.
