The Ugandan Supreme Court this month agreed with the arguments of two journalists who claimed they had been unconstitutionally prosecuted under an Ugandan law making it illegal to report “false information.”
The Supreme Court decisions led to the dropping of some charges against three journalists who had reported in 2002 that the Lord’s Resistance Army downed a government helicopter. The journalists are, however, still being prosecuted for “publishing articles that are contrary to national security.”
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Threats to Press Freedom Remain Despite Striking Down of Repressive Legislation, Says CPJ. Press Release, Committee to Protect Journalists, February 13, 2004.