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Uganda Editors to Be Jailed Over Law

Human rights activists have protested the New Anti-Pornography Bill aimed at prosecuting media houses and tabloids calling it an attack to media freedom.

Uganda: Pornography Law - Editors to Face Seven Years in Jail

Observer, 2 January 2014

Media houses, especially tabloids such as The Red Pepper, Hello and The Kampala Sun, could become first offenders and victims of a government purge on pornography once the… Read more »

Uganda: NGOs, Media Houses Face Closure Over Homosexuality, Pornography

Independent (Kampala), 11 October 2013

Fr. Simon Lokodo, the Minister of State in charge of the Directorate of Ethics and Integrity, spoke to The Independent's Stephen Kafeero. Read more »
Uganda: Looking Beyond the Miniskirt

Observer, 21 April 2013

Proceedings of the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, which is considering the Anti-Pornography Bill, have raised debate over the proposed or intended attempt by… Read more »
Uganda: Parliament Does More Than Media Headlines Suggest

Observer, 15 April 2013

From the Marriage and Divorce Bill to the Public Order Management Bill and now the Anti-Pornography Bill, some sections of the public have argued that Parliament is preoccupied… Read more »
Uganda: There Is More to Pornography Than Just Minis

New Vision, 14 April 2013

If the Anti-pornography Bill 2011 is passed into law, those found guilty of abating pornography could go to jail for 15 years. Read more »

InFocus

Miniskirt, Porn Law Debate Rages On

The Ethics and Integrity Minister Reverend Simon Lokodo has said that the Anti-Pornography Bill is not about miniskirts but the "vulgar and obscene way of exposing the human body ... Read more »
- Uganda: The Anti-Pornography Bill - The Miniskirt Debate Rages On
- Uganda: Anti-Pornography Bill

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