Tanzania's regime on Tuesday suspended publication of an opposition-leaning paper for iii months, the 4th paper to hold out nigh downwards since June inwards what critics say is a crackdown on press freedom.
The newspaper, Tanzania Daima, was nigh downwards for publishing an article most the issue of Tanzanians on life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs used to process AIDS, the manager full general of the Tanzania Information Services, Hassan Abbasi, said inwards a statement. The article was factually incorrect, Abbasi said.
The motion comes later on President John Magufuli warned inwards Jan that the days of newspapers his regime viewed every bit unethical "were numbered" -- a disceptation that triggered trouble organization most censorship.
The regime banned the critical paper MwanaHalisi inwards September for 2 years later on accusing it of inciting violence. Another independent newspaper, Mawio, was banned inwards June over articles linking 2 quondam presidents to alleged improprieties inwards mining deals signed inwards the 1990s together with early on 2000s.
Magufuli has won roughly praise from western donors for an anti-corruption crusade together with cutting wasteful populace spending. But opponents bill him of increasingly undermining republic past times curbing dissent together with stifling gratuitous speech.
Magufuli has denied opposition accusations that his regime was becoming increasingly autocratic.
Reuters