Uganda: Net Censorship Reaches Sub-Saharan Africa
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Via Reporters sans Frontières.
Reporters Without Borders condemned filtering of a radio website imposed by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) on 16 February 2006 - the first such case of Internet censorship in Uganda.More here.
The move came just days before voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on 23 February.
The Radio Katwe news website accepts contributions from Internet-users and posts content that is extremely critical of the government. Just before it was censored, it had attacked the accumulation of wealth by the family of President Yoweri Museveni.
“Blocking access to an online publication is an important decision, which should be taken only by a judge and then as a result of an independent judicial procedure“, the press freedom organisation said.
posted by Fergie @ 2/24/2006 06:13:00 PM
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