Document #1174076

RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières

Net censorship reaches sub-Saharan Africa

http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16569

ecoi.net summary:
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) imposed filtering of Radio Katwe news website, which is extremely critical of government; this is first case of Internet censorship in country
Country:
Uganda
Source:
RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Original link:
http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16569
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
24 February 2006
Document ID:
1174076 (former ID 26424)

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