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**Uganda Media Update**
@fcau continues to be concerned about attacks on media practitioners in Uganda ahead of the January 2021 elections and calls for action from authorities.
Below are some of the key events this week. 1/6
@fcau continues to be concerned about attacks on media practitioners in Uganda ahead of the January 2021 elections and calls for action from authorities.
Below are some of the key events this week. 1/6
A key focus is the directive from @MediaCouncilUG for all journalists in the country to re-apply or apply for accreditation. This is a costly exercise for some journalists and could see many barred from doing their jobs. 2/6
14th Dec 2020: The @PoliceUG spokesperson Fred Enanga announced that starting on 21st December 2020, only accredited journalists will be allowed to cover political campaigns and events.
Some context and background from @ACME_UG: https://acme-ug.org/2020/12/16/police-to-block-unaccredited-journalists-from-covering-elections/ 3/6
Some context and background from @ACME_UG: https://acme-ug.org/2020/12/16/police-to-block-unaccredited-journalists-from-covering-elections/ 3/6
15/12/2020. Kampala: According to the Daily Monitor, one of their journalists was beaten by the army while covering events outside the Electoral Commission. He identified himself as press when first confronted by soldiers but was still beaten.
More: http://shorturl.at/emyRV 4/6
More: http://shorturl.at/emyRV 4/6
16/12/2020. Kampala Uganda: Media accreditations for @fcau members and other journalists have begun to be processed after the normal accreditations were abruptly revoked by the Media Council last week. 5/6
The Council presented this as a simple reissuing exercise, which was found to be untrue. They have introduced additional requirements, including to submit examples of work and asking journalists entering from abroad to provide Interpol certificates. 6/6
