The African Union Convention on Cybersecurity could be amended after suggestions it will limit freedom of expression online
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CATEGORY: Africa
Uganda: Journalists intimidated as political crisis grips Kampala
As the Ugandan government moves to impeach the lord mayor of the capital, journalists are being threatened for reporting on the process. Edward Ronald Sekyewa reports
Nine “criminal” t-shirts
An Angolan teen has been detained for almost two months for “insulting the President” via t-shirts. This is not the only time and place tees have landed someone in serious trouble
Uganda: Internet under regime control
Internet access is on the rise, but digital freedom is stifled by regime restrictions. Edward Ronald Sekyewa reports
In Africa, journalists hamstrung by laws when reporting the news
African journalists face more than deadlines in the race to report the news. Justine Limpitlaw and Christian Echle of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s Media Programme write how media laws interfere
Regime repression stifles Sudan’s net freedom
Sudan has widespread and affordable internet access – the problem is the oppressive regime, writes Dalia Haj-Omar
Censorship, pay offs and deportation: Artistic freedom in Uganda
With a long history of combating official censorship, artists have a large role in Ugandan society, writes Edward Ronald Sekyewa
Uganda’s government continues to target media
South Africa’s ruling ANC gunning for “censorship lite”
South Africa’s ANC has changed tack in its campaign to curtail the media. In a turn to what could be called “censorship lite”, the iron fist of state security intervention is being augmented by the velvet glove of calls for “patriotic” journalism. Christi van der Westhuizen reports
The oasis in Uganda’s “literary desert”
Amy Fallon of Think Africa Press reports on a new project distributing low-cost books to Ugandan children
Freedom of expression in Africa. Index on Censorship covers free speech, freedom of religion, artistic freedom on the continent of Africa.