Editor detained
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, on 11 April 1998, Tanzanian police briefly detained and interrogated Balinagwe Mwambungu, the managing editor of “Mfanyakazi” newspaper. Mwambungu, who is also Chairman of the Journalists Environmental Association of Tanzania, was arrested at his Upanga residence in Dar es Salaam in connection with a story which appeared on the front […]
Reporter detained
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, Tanzanian police briefly detained and interrogated Peter Saramba, a reporter for the “Majira” newspaper, in connection with reports that police were forcing civilians to join them in the search for bodies of miners feared dead in a recent disaster. Saramba was detained on 15 April 1998, at Usa River Police […]
Another Tanzanian editor detained
(MISA/IFEX) – According to MISA, on 16 April 1998, Kiondo Mshana, editor of “Taifa Letu”, a Kiswahili newspaper, was detained by Tanzanian police. The police wanted him to reveal the identity of the author of a story which appeared in “Taifa Letu”, and which quoted a detained Islamic leader. The front page story, which appeared […]
Three journalists briefly detained in Zanzibar; journalist goes into hiding
(MISA/IFEX) – Three journalists were briefly detained by the Zanzibar police on 4 January 1998 while on assignment to cover demonstrations, reports MISA-Tanzania. Journalists Mwinyi Sadala of “Nipashe” and photo-journalist Khalfan Said of the “Guardian” newspapers were detained at Madema Police Station for three hours for attempting to interview detained opposition leaders. Sadala and Said […]
Government threatens to ban newspapers and broadcasters that carry “obscene” cartoons intended to ridicule authorities
(MISA/IFEX) – On 17 December 1997, the Tanzanian government warned it would ban all newspapers and broadcasters carrying obscene or comical cartoons that ridicule government officials and its leaders, reports the Media Institute of Tanzania (MISA-Tanzania). The warning was issued by the state-run Tanzania Information Service. The warning stated that newspapers and broadcasters had been […]
Journalist Edina Ndejembi acquitted; trial pending for 10 others
**Updates IFEX CH alert dated 21 April 1995** Edina Ndejembi, the freelance journalist charged with “obstructing the police” was acquitted by Moshi magistrates on 26 June 1995. Her case had previously been adjourned on three occasions, much to the inconvenience of the journalist, who had to travel 600-or-so kilometres from Dar es Salaam to Moshi […]
Four journalists and three media workers on trial for publishing pornography expose
Four journalists and three print shop production staff are on trial for publishing photographs of naked women. The photographs were used to illustrate an expose on Dar es Salaam’s lucrative, illegal pornography industry. The story, an investigation into the production of back-street pornographic photographs and videos, appeared in the 28 December 1994 edition of “Mwana-Mama” […]
Media council act back on the government’s agenda
Legislation which, in its original draft form, gave the government powers to license journalists, has resurfaced, prompting media workers’ fears that such a law could be used to restrict the media in the run-up to general elections, scheduled for October. However, the government’s Acting Principle Secretary of Information and Broadcasting, Bwire Musalika, says media workers […]