Focus On: Criminal Libel in Azerbaijan
“We have a small space for democracy in this country, but when a journalist is jailed for criminal defamation this space becomes smaller.” Media activists in Azerbaijan don’t have much to cheer about these days as the country’s dismal record on press freedom shows little sign of improving. But there was some grounds for […]
Focus On: Uganda
HRNJ’s Geoffrey Ssebaggala tells us more. Uganda has over 200 licensed radio stations-both local and community radios, over forty licensed TV stations, and over sixty newspapers. The main source of information for the people is through the broadcast media, mainly the local radios and national television. Newspapers are mostly accessed in the townships, where people can afford to […]