The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will release its annual census of journalists imprisoned worldwide on December 13, 2017.
The census lists journalists imprisoned as of midnight on December 1, 2017, and indicates the country where held, charge, and medium of work for each imprisoned journalist. It does not include the many journalists who were imprisoned during the year but released prior to December 1.
In Uganda, late November, the police arrested five Red Pepper Directors and three Editors, who have since been charged with among other crimes, publication of information prejudicial to national security and ‘disturbing the peace’ of President Yoweri Museveni, his brother General Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Salem, and Security Minister Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde.
