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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Just noting how radio can
be effective and empowering and how it is in Uganda (<STRONG>see
below from Panos news</STRONG>) when power disagrees.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And while the exchanges on community media lists
about dodgy lyrics gets edgy- there is a complete absence of comment on the BBC
invitation to offer a platform to the BNP.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Do we not care about where the line is being drawn
and at least enagage in a debate about access/ freedom and abuse of power on our
media? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>'Each word we speak is a broadcast we will be
judged on'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>anyone?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Roger Drury</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>SOUNDWORK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><STRONG>Radio freedom challenged in
Uganda</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>International media rights groups have condemned the Ugandan
government's actions against the press after last week's riots in Kampala. Four
radio stations were closed and all live debate programmes were banned. The
Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders condemned the
move. Radio One talk show host Kalundi Sserumaga was arrested on Friday and is
expected in court today, charged with sedition, adding to concerns about press
freedom in the country. Officials say at least 21 people died and 550 were
arrested as a result of the riots. Violence broke out in Kampala after the
government prevented the king of Buganda, traditional head of the Baganda
people, Uganda's biggest ethnic group, from entering a district near the
capital.</EM></DIV>
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