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Legal Action
November 13
Haruna Kanaabi, The Shariat, LEGAL ACTION
The Uganda High Court rejected Kanaabi's appeal of a sedition conviction. Kanaabi, editor in chief of the weekly Muslim newsletter The Shariat, was arrested on Aug. 25, 1995, for publishing an article called "Rwanda is Now a Ugandan Province," and on Dec. 19, 1995, he was found guilty of sedition and publishing false news. He was released on Dec. 27, 1995, after international pressure. In a 1996 letter to President Yoweri Museveni, CPJ requested that the conviction be overturned.
December 4
Peter Busiku, The Uganda Express, LEGAL ACTION
Busiku, editor of the Kampala weekly The Uganda Express, was arrested and charged with publishing "false statements or reports which are likely to cause fear and alarm to the public." The newspaper had published an article called "Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda Plan Assault on Tanzania" in the Nov. 27-Dec. 4 issue. Busiku was remanded to Luzira prison and later released on US$500 bail. He was scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 19.
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