Tanzania: Press Wait to See If New President Will Reform Troubling Media Laws

Tanzania: Press Wait to See If New President Will Reform Troubling Media Laws
AllAfrica.com
Elections in Tanzania passed smoothly in October, but several local journalists and a media lawyer told me the spectre of anti-press laws is casting a pall over critical reporting in the country and that hopes for legal reform under the newly elected ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

CPJ Press Freedom Online (Blog)

15 Dec

Tanzania's press wait to see if new president will reform troubling media laws

CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
Tanzania's press wait to see if new president will reform troubling media laws
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
Elections in Tanzania passed smoothly in October, but several local journalists and a media lawyer told me the spectre of anti-press laws is casting a pall over critical reporting in the country and that hopes for legal reform under the newly elected ...

 

9 years ago

Caj News Africa

17 Dec

Tanzania press awaits media reforms

Caj News Africa
Tanzania press awaits media reforms
Caj News Africa
ARUSHA, (CAJ News) – THE Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) said while elections in Tanzania passed smoothly in October, there had been no reforms of media-unfriendly laws. Tom Rhodes, CPJ East Africa Representative, said the press in ...
Tanzania's Press Wait to See If New President Will Reform Troubling Media LawsAllAfrica.com

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10 years ago

Telegraph.Co.Uk

07 Apr

Tanzania's president Jakaya Kikwete says: I can't wait to step down

Telegraph.co.uk
Tanzania's president Jakaya Kikwete says: I can't wait to step down
Telegraph.co.uk
Tanzania's outgoing president Jakaya Kikwete has told how he is looking forward to stepping down in October this year, describing the job of leading his country as “stressful and thankless”. Two terms in high office were more than enough for him, Mr Kikwete ...
Tanzanian President holds talks with UN chief over health panelGlobal Times

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10 years ago

Michuzi

PRESIDENT KIKWETE ON PRESS FREEDOM AND DEMONSTRATION RIGHTS IN TANZANIA

 President Dktakaya Mrisho Kikwete during a joint press conference with his guest German President Joachim Gauck at Dar es Salaam State house this morning.The German President arrived in the country yesterday evening for a five day State Visit that include a visit to Zanzibar and Serengeti national park

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

03 May

INSIGHT: Oppressive laws killing Africa’s press freedom

>We are on the eve of elections in South Africa ... We have just heard [a speech read for] Minister Collins Chabane... on behalf of President Jacob Zuma ... we thank him for his warm welcome to South Africa and we are honoured to be here in this great land of hope. But we say to President Zuma, please do not cheat us of that hope.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

Of social media and press freedom

Yes, I agree that the very objective of social media, apart from being a source of news, is being a platform for interaction. In the few years of its existence, social media has changed greatly the way people communicate.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

08 Mar

Media and CA: Press freedom goes on trial

IPPmedia
Media and CA: Press freedom goes on trial
IPPmedia
An animated debate could be gleaned at midmorning in the Constituent Assembly rule-making seminar chaired by House of Representative Speaker Pandu Ameir Kificho, as CA members were raising on the floor alterations proposals they have presented to ...
CA forms team on tricky issuesDaily News
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11 years ago

Daily News

18 May

'Laws abating media freedom should be revoked'

'Laws abating media freedom should be revoked'
Daily News
THE government should review bad laws that abate freedom of expression to set conducive environment for professional reporting. Speaking, the Managing Editor of Jamhuri Media Limited, Mr Deodatus Balile, said such legislation should empower the ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Aug

Of Werema’s press talk and media freedom

About a week ago, the government’s chief legal adviser, Attorney General Fredrick Werema made an interesting assertion -- that the Constituent Assembly (CA) erred by denying reporters a chance to be present as different committees deliberated content of the Second Draft Constitution.

 

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