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Police pepper-spray international journalist covering Kyagulanyi nomination at Kyambogo

Civic Space & Media Freedom Single source Kampala 3 Nov 2020 Severity: 3/5

According to a petition by the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Uganda, police sprayed pepper spray in the face of an international journalist who was following Robert Kyagulanyi to the nomination centre in Kyambogo. The journalist was not identified.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

Part of Clashes and arrests around the presidential nominations in the Kampala Metropolitan area, 3 November 2020. Its victims are counted once, in that overall toll.

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