Things appear to have improved slightly and there is now better advocacy on media issues. There have been representations to parliament and demonstrations to highlight media freedom issues on World Press Freedom Day, the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative compiled a document titled “State of Media Freedom in Uganda”, and the Human Rights Network for Journalists released a report on the number of journalists beaten up in the course of their work. After the September 2009 riots, a range of groups came together to issue a statement condemning the government’s clampdown on the broadcast media. In August 2009, 13 media organisations and institutions, among them the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA), Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF), Uganda Radio Network, and Makerere University’s Department of Mass Communication, formed the Article 29 Coalition (named after the article in the constitution which guarantees freedom of expression), a loose coalition of media groups seeking to speak with one voice. Its number one project is to challenge the media legal framework which does not guarantee freedom of expression, including the proposed amendments to the Press and Journalist Act 2000. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator. 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 28 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER UGANDA 2010 2.5 (2007: 2.4)