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Court orders govt, soldiers to pay Shs150m to tortured journalists

The High Court in Kampala on Thursday ordered the government and eight soldiers to pay Shs150 million in compensation to two journalists, Timothy Murungi and Henry Sekanjako, for torture they endured while covering a petition. In 2021, Murungi and Sekanjako were covering a petition by the National Unity Platform (NUP) party candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, at the United Nations Human Rights Office when they were assaulted by Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers. The court found that the journalists’ rights to dignity, freedom from torture, inhuman treatment, and freedom of the press were violated. Justice Boniface Wamala ruled that the UPDF soldiers, including Lt. Col. Napoleon Namanya and Capt. Jessy Odwenyi, and the government were jointly liable for the damages. […] The post Court orders govt, soldiers to pay Shs150m to tortured journalists first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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