HC Deb 22 October 2002 vol 391 c201W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Ugandan Government in respect of their closure of the Monitor newspaper. [75008]

Mr. MacShane

On 14 October the EU Presidency in Kampala, on behalf of the United Kingdom and other EU member states, raised our concerns about the closure of the Monitor newspaper with the Ugandan Minister of State for Information. The Presidency also underlined the importance the EU attaches to freedom of expression and the independence of the media. The Minister reassured the EU Presidency that the Monitor would reopen shortly.

The Monitor reopened on 17 October.