Susan Nsibirwa,
Today you became the face of what it costs to lead a newsroom in Uganda.
You did not carry a gun. You did not block a road. You signed off on stories, protected your journalists, and kept truth on air. For that, screens went black today, and your name was posted for arrest.
We write this with a heavy chest, not just anger. Because I can imagine your mother, your children, your staff reading these orders and feeling their hearts drop. No one should fear for their life because they chose journalism.
Susan, you are not a threat. You are a daughter, a leader, an Ugandan who showed up for work. We see you. We say your name. We stand with you.
If fear is the message they sent, let solidarity be our answer.
We are with you, Susan.
Dear @SueNsibirwa, please know that you are loved, valued, and deeply appreciated by countless Ugandans.
You stood at the helm of a media house that chose truth over fear, courage over silence, and remained steadfast in telling the stories of the people exactly as they were, without bending to intimidation or surrendering to the demands of tyranny.
No matter what happens, history has already chosen your side. You are a hero of this generation, and when the pages of Uganda’s story are written, your name and face will stand among those who refused to kneel before oppression.
28th June 2026 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STATEMENT ON THE CLOSURE AND MILITARY SIEGE OF UGANDAN MEDIA HOUSES AFFILIATED TO THE NATION MEDIA GROUP
The National Unity Platform strongly condemns the military’s arbitrary closure and continuing siege of @ntvuganda, The @DailyMonitor, @sparktvuganda, @DembeFm, and other media houses under the @NationMediaGrp that started at dawn today Sunday, 28th June 2026.
The closure, enforced outside any known legal framework, is a primitive attack on press freedom and the citizens’ right to access information -- moreover by a regime now committing even worse tyranny than what it supposedly sought to end when it waged the 1980s war.
We stand in solidarity with the journalists, editors, staff, leadership and audience of the affected media houses, and empathize with all who are going to bear the related economic losses.
We urge all citizens and institutions, particularly political actors and members of the civil society, to prepare for increased repression in the coming days owing to the deepening constitutional crisis in the country.
Historically, the determination of Ugandans to be free has outlasted every regime that thought it was powerful enough to stay forever or clever enough to mutate into another. We remain confident that this time, too, the people’s aspirations for a free and democratic country shall prevail.
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