“..for the last two years we have [had] an incident – free working relationship. However, the action of our officers, indicates that there is still work that we must do, to better protect journalists and reporters, so that they can play their part in keeping the public informed without fear or favour. We are going to ensure that they go about their work without being intimidated, attacked or threatened,” SCP Enanga said adding that they have also sent out a new administrative circular to all territorial commanders to regularly review their enforcement operations, in line with what the public rightly expects from them.The 2021 report by Uganda Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ-U) ranked Uganda Police as the leading violator of press freedom in Uganda and recorded 131 cases of press freedom violation.
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