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Contributor [1]
Monday, June 12, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
259 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled that two journalists are to go on trial in Uganda, charged with "promoting sectarianism" in an article criticizing government persecution of opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Editor James Tumusiime and reporter Semujju Ibrahim Nganda of the independent Weekly Observer face up to five years in jail if convicted.

Category: 
ICT, Media & Security [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/media/34999 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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