freedom of expression

On 8 December 2009, the general director of the Police and Customs in Oman submitted a penal suit against Mr A’sem Al-Sheedi, accusing him of denouncing the police in an article published in Oman newspaper on 7 December 2009. A’sem Al-Sheedi was summoned by the Prosecution Office on 12 December 2009 and charged with "slander against the police apparatus" and "false testimony", for refusing to reveal his source of information. 

Six human rights defenders, Mr. Gerard Kankya, Mr Dan Rubonbora, Mr William Gonza, Mr Prosper Businge, Mr Joram Bintamanya and Mr Stephen Rwagweri, team members and volunteers of Twerwaneho Listeners Radio Club in the Rwenzori Region of Uganda have been facing sustained acts of intimidation and judicial harassment since January 2007. The Twerwaneho Listerners Radio Club is a legally registered radio programme which broadcasted programmes on human rights-based issues which aims to hold public leaders more accountable.