Wavah Broadcasting Service (WBS) television journalist Harrison Thembo was arrested by police at Bwera (Uganda-DR Congo border) for filming activities at the immigration offices.
Thembo was arrested on 16 August at 8:00am while filming the unusual and exasperating process Ugandans and non-Ugandans go through while moving within or entering the country. "This was an unlawful act committed by security personnel in breach of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which underlines the right to seek, receive and impart information," Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ-Uganda) programmes coordinator Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala said.
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