Ugandan security forces on Saturday raided the offices of a magazine seen as critical of President Yoweri Museveni’s government, arresting three journalists [including managing editor Andrew Mwenda] and taking computers. 
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Actor Harrison Ford (R) is back as character Indiana Jones and is shown in a scene from the new film "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" in this undated publicity photograph. Even decades past their prime, Hollywood's leading men just don't want to give up their image as strapping young action heroes, as Ford proves in his return as Indiana Jones.
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...constitution provides for freedoms of speech, press and expression. And in the landmark supreme case of Charles Onyango-Obbo and Andrew Mujuni Mwenda vs. Attorney General (AG) court stated: "It's difficult to imagine a guaranteed right more important to democratic...
...(Daily Monitor, May 1). Morris D. C. Komakech was writing about the brutal treatment my media colleagues and friends Andrew Mwenda, Odoobo Bichachi, Njoroge and Joseph Kiggundu were subjected to while being arrested by the security personnel on April 26 in...
...Monitor, April 27) was just another one of those stories I have gotten used to in this thankless job of journalism. Mr Andrew Mwenda, the Managing Editor of The Independent and his team got into trouble with the state. A Daily Monitor photojournalist, Joseph...
“We think the government is not happy with a story The Independent published in a recent issue exposing atrocities committed by government forces during the war.” — Bob Kasango, legal counsel for The Independent
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...John Njoroge, according to defense lawyer Bob Kasango. "We are concerned by this raid against The Independent and Andrew Mwenda," said CPJ's Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes. "Ugandan authorities have a history of prosecuting Mwenda based on his critical...
I talked to Andrew this morning. He is strong and as usual an optimist! Listen to Andrew "âŚif anti-democratic forces in Africa do nothing, it will mean they are not noticing our work."
He asked me to [write] that he is very strong, energetic and
...Investigators yesterday video taped an interrogation session with The Independent news magazine's Managing Editor Andrew Mwenda and two of his staff. This could be the first time suspects are questioned in front of camera. "I suspect this video recording has...
...RELEASE 28 April 2008 Posted to the web 28 April 2008 Top political journalist Andrew Mwenda was arrested on the 26-27 April 2008 weekend by Ugandan security agents. Analysts say his arrest is in connection with comments he made on a popular talk show, Capital...
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