Experts have faulted media owners for using their powers to infringe on the rights of journalists they employ.
During a post-Press Freedom Day media conference organised by the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO in partnership with Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) the experts agree that the Uganda Police Force comes top in human rights reports for violating rights of journalists. They are however quick to add that media owners violate the rights of journalists they are supposed to protect as their employees.
Dr William Tayeebwa, the head of the Department of Journalism at Makerere University who presented a paper on press freedom, mentioned abuses to journalists inflicted by employers like direct harassment in stopping a journalist from broadcasting, physical harassment, and poor pay by the media houses.
Tayeebwa says although some media houses have acted on orders from Government, others have acted independently.
