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Bangladesh urged to drop charges against Journalist
June 28th, 2016 
Administrator By Amnesty International Bangladeshi authorities must immediately and unconditionally drop trumped-up charges against a prominent journalist who could be jailed for more than a decade for a Facebook post, human rights NGO Amnesty International stated.
Criminal defamation case against Journalist heard by East African Court
August 7th, 2015 Administrator By Robert Ssewankambo The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha, Tanzania last week began hearing a case in which a Ugandan journalist, the late Ronald Ssembuusi, challenged criminal defamation. A panel of five Judges led by the Principal Judge of the Court, Justice Monica Mugenyi presided over the hearing.
Posted in OPINION 
Tags: Africa Freedom of Information Centre, African Union, Article 19 Eastern Africa, Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, Committee to Protect Journalists, defamation, East African Community Treaty, East African Court of Justice, Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Freedom of Speech, Ghanaian PEN Centre, Human Rights, International Law, Journalist, Kalangala, Media Institute of Southern Africa, Media Legal Defence Initiative, Media Rights Agenda, Pan African Lawyers Union, PEN International, Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Robert Ssewankambo, Ronald Ssembuusi, Tanzania, Tuck Magazine, Uganda, United Nations, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers 
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