President Museveni’s crackdown on Ugandan TikTokers - Index on Censorship

President Museveni’s crackdown on Ugandan TikTokers - Index on Censorship

In recent months, several young men and women in Uganda have been arrested and charged for views they expressed on TikTok. In the East African country, the freedom of expression landscape has deteriorated to the extent that one cannot hold a placard and march anywhere in support of a cause or in protest against an injustice. You will be roughed up by the Uganda Police Force, bundled into a police van, locked up in a cell and charged with the col…