American journalist to be deported from Uganda for filming opposition rally

Posted on July 26, 2013 • Filed under: Africa, Expatriate Arrested

Yahoo News UK reports that Uganda said on Friday it would deport a U.S. freelance journalist arrested while filming opposition activists clashing with police in Kampala, accusing him of working in Uganda illegally. Authorities have recently stepped up a crackdown on independent media at a time of growing opposition to President Yoweri Museveni’s government, which critics say has become corrupt and authoritarian. Read article

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