Attacks on the Press in 2008: Uganda
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
12 March 2009
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Ugandans turn to digital spaces to push for transparency and accountability and spotlight parliament’s excesses.
A petition by the Sexual Minorities Uganda Group (SMUG) to compel the government to register its name was rejected on the basis that it goes against “public interest.”
More than 15 million Ugandans could be excluded from gaining access to essential public services and entitlements because they do not have national digital identity cards.