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Committee to Protect Journalists honors Ugandan Knight FellowAndrew Mwenda, a 2006-07 Knight Fellow from Uganda, has been honored by the Committee to Protect Journalists with an International Press Freedom award. He is one of five journalists honored this year. In announcing the award, CPJ described Mwenda as "one of Uganda's most outspoken and best recognized journalists. "A press freedom fighter throughout his career, Mwenda resigned last year as political editor of Uganda's leading independent daily, The Monitor, arguing that government intimidation had compromised its editorial freedom. This year, despite repeated harassment by police, Mwenda launched The Independent, a hard-hitting publication critical of the government. In April, after Mwenda published two stories criticizing the Ugandan Army and its role in northern Uganda's civil war, police raided his office and detained him along with two other reporters. He has faced persecution from the government and police throughout his journalism career: His political talk show on KFM, 'Tonight with Andrew Mwenda,' was banned several times and he has been slapped with dozens of defamation lawsuits in recent years." Additional information: |
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