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Source: https://observer.ug/news/headlines/64491-tanzania-gets-tough-on-media-over-covid-19-coverage
Tanzania gets tough on media over COVID-19 coverage
April 26, 2020
Written by URN
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned what it termed as continued harassment of journalists for their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
RSF says press freedom in Tanzania has declined steadily since 2016 when President John Pombe Magufuli came to power and has escalated further with the recent harassment of journalists and media houses.
For example, reporter Talib Ussi Hamad who works for the daily newspaper, Tanzania Daima has had his licence suspended for six months after he allegedly referred to a patient in his April 20 story without the patient's consent.
Mwananchi newspaper’s website licence has also been suspended for six months and fined Tsh 5 million (about Shs 8.2 million) for publishing a photo of President Magufuli out shopping surrounded by several people in apparent violation of the social distancing rules announced by the government. The authorities said the photo was taken before the coronavirus crisis. Mwananchi quickly took it down and issued an apology...
Tanzania gets tough on media over COVID-19 coverage
April 26, 2020
Written by URN
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned what it termed as continued harassment of journalists for their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
RSF says press freedom in Tanzania has declined steadily since 2016 when President John Pombe Magufuli came to power and has escalated further with the recent harassment of journalists and media houses.
For example, reporter Talib Ussi Hamad who works for the daily newspaper, Tanzania Daima has had his licence suspended for six months after he allegedly referred to a patient in his April 20 story without the patient's consent.
Mwananchi newspaper’s website licence has also been suspended for six months and fined Tsh 5 million (about Shs 8.2 million) for publishing a photo of President Magufuli out shopping surrounded by several people in apparent violation of the social distancing rules announced by the government. The authorities said the photo was taken before the coronavirus crisis. Mwananchi quickly took it down and issued an apology...