Topic: Gazeti la MwanaHalisi lafungiwa kwa muda usiojulikana!

Kuanzia leo Julai 30, 2012; Gazeti la MwanaHalisi limefungiwa na serikali kwakuwa linadaiwa kuandika habari za uchochezi.

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JAMHURI YA MUUNGANO WA TANZANIA

WIZARA YA HABARI, VIJANA, UTAMADUNI NA MICHEZO

TAMKO LA SERIKALI

GAZETI LA MWANAHALISI LAFUNGIWA

Serikali ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania imelifungia kutochapishwa gazeti la MwanaHalisi kuanzia 30 Julai, 2012 kwa muda usiojulikana kutokana na mwenendo wake wa kuandika habari na makala za uchochezi, uhasama na uzushi likiwa na nia ya kusababisha wananchi kukosa imani na vyombo vya dola hali inayoweza kuhatarisha amani na mshikamano uliopo nchini.

Katika matoleo yake hivi karibuni, gazeti la MwanaHalisi toleo Na. 302 la Jumatano Julai, 11 – 18, 2012 na toleo Na. 303 la Jumatano Julai 18 – 24, 2012 na toleo Na. 304 la Jumatano Julai 25 hadi 01 Agosti, 2012 na mengine yaliyotangulia yamekuwa yakichapisha habari na makala zenye kueneza na kujenga hofu kwa jamii.

Mhariri wa gazeti la MwanaHalisi, ameitwa na kuonywa mara nyingi, lakini hataki kukiri kuwa maudhui ya makala zake hazina tija kwa jamii, pia hazifuati weledi na maadili ya taaluma ya uandishi wa habari.

Mhariri, mara zote katika utetezi wake amekuwa akinukuu kifungu cha 18 cha Katiba ya nchi yetu ambacho kinatoa uhuru wa kutoa maoni na kwa makusudi kutonukuu kifungu cha 30 cha Katiba hiyo kinachoweka ukomo wa uhuru.

Uamuzi wa Serikali
Serikali imeamua kulifungia kutochapishwa kwa muda usiojulikana gazeti la MwanaHalisi, kwa mujibu wa Sheria ya Magazeti ya mwaka 1976, kifungu Na. (25) (i), adhabu hiyo itaanza tarehe 30 Julai, 2012 kwa mujibu wa Tangazo la Serikali (Government Notice) Na. 258 lililochapishwa katika Gazeti la Serikali na kutolewa jijini Dar Es Salaam tarehe 27 Julai, 2012.

Serikali inawataka wamiliki, wahariri na wanahabari kuzingatia sheria, uzalendo, weledi na maadili ya taaluma ya uandishi wa habari katika kutekeleza wajibu wa kuhabarisha, kuelimisha na kutoa burudani kwa wananchi.

Kama ilivyoelezwa Bungeni wakati wa kuwasilisha Bajeti ya Wizara ya Habari, Vijana, Utamaduni na Michezo hivi karibuni waandishi na watangazaji wa habari wanatakiwa kuhakikisha kuwa habari wanazoziandika na vipindi wanavyoandaa vinazingatia taaluma na kuweka mbele maslahi ya Taifa letu na uzalendo. Uhuru na haki ya vyombo vya habari uendane na wajibu.

Kuanzia sasa Serikali haitasita kuchukua hatua dhidi ya vyombo vya habari ambavyo kwa maksudi vitatoa taarifa za uchochezi ambazo zitahatarisha hali ya amani na utulivu uliopo nchini mwetu.

Imetolewa na

OFISI YA MSAJILI WA MAGAZETI
WIZARA YA HABARI, VIJANA, UTAMADUNI NA MICHEZO
30 Julai, 2012

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Statement;

Tanzanian authorities ban weekly indefinitely

Nairobi, July 30, 2012--The Tanzanian government today banned indefinitely the critical Swahili-language weekly MwanaHalisi, accusing the paper of publishing seditious articles, according to local journalists and a statement by the information ministry.

The ministry claimed that MwanaHalisi's four July editions contained seditious and false material but did not specify particular articles. Under the 1976 Newspaper Act, Tanzanian authorities can suspend a newspaper at will if they deem that it has "seditious intent," according to CPJ research. MwanaHalisi Chief Editor Jabir Idrissa told CPJ that the paper is considering filing an appeal.

Idrissa and other local journalists said they suspect the ban is related to a series of articles in MwanaHalisiconcerning the kidnap and torture in late June of physician Steven Ulimboka. Unknown assailants kidnapped and beat Ulimboka on the outskirts of the main commercial city Dar es Salaam after he led a doctors' strike, according to news reports. MwanaHalisi's reports suggested involvement by authorities, citing phone records of an alleged security officer, Idrissa said. Tanzanian security services and President Jakaya Kikwete have denied government involvement, according to local and international reports.

"Once again, Tanzanian authorities have wielded an archaic newspaper act and vague, unsupported accusations of sedition to censor reporting that is merely critical of the government," said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. "Authorities should reverse this ban immediately and allow MwanaHalisi to report on the Ulimboka case without fear of reprisal."

Over the past year, Tanzanian authorities have called MwanaHalisi's editors in for questioning every two or three weeks over their articles, Idrissa said.

Tanzanian authorities used the Newspaper Act to suspend MwanaHalisi in October 2008 for three months for articles considered seditious and insulting to the president. During the 2010 election campaign, Sethi Kamuhanda, the permanent secretary of the ministry of information, visited print media houses to warn them that the government would close down any media that portrayed the government negatively, according to local journalists.



For more data and analysis on Tanzania, visit CPJ's Tanzania page here.


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Wajameni serikali hii inataka kutufunga mdomo tuendelee kuwa gizani tusijue madudu yao.

Pole sana KUBENEA tupo na wewe habari zako za kiuchunguzi zinatusaidia sana na ndizo zinazotufungua macho tujue nchi yetu inavyoliwa.

Aliyemteka Ulimboka ni Ramadhan Ighondu a.k.a Rama na Jack Zoka wote wa Usalama wa Taifa. Haya Serikali nifungieni na mimi!

TUMBIRI (Tunduru, Ruvuma - Tanzania),
[email protected]

By Ndibalema

Nanona sasa tunapitia katika kipindi cha udickteta.

Haswaaa. Ni kile kipindi cha mpito alichosema spika Anna Makinda

Hivi nani aliwambia UN wapo kwa ajili ya kusaidia watu...mnapoteza muda wenu subiri majibu ya UN wataiwekea vikwanzo Tanzania kama Iran.

By OLEWAO

Ushauri, Kwakuwa serikali imetumia mabavu yake kukandamiza uhuru wa kupata habari; hasa kwa waandishi wazalendo kama hawa wa mwanahalisi waliotufungua macho juu ya utekwaji na hatimaye uteswaji wa dr ulimboka na pia vitisho kwa viongozi wa vyama vya upinzani ambao ni wapigania masilahi ya watanzania; Napendekeza vyombo vyote vya habari binafsi viungane na kutoa tamko la pamoja la kususia habari yoyote inayoihusu serikali ya kikwete ili kushinikiza kufunguliwa kwa gazeti la mwanahalisi kwakuwa wahenga walishasema, ukiona mwenzio ananyolewa wewe tia maji nywele zako. Coz wakitoka mwanahalisi watakuja mwananchi n.k. Tafakari.

Hii walitakiwa waifanye Jana.

By nasema hili

Tatizo la watendaji wetu wanatumwa nao wadhaifu wenzao nao wanaenda kichwa kichwa kuuza sura kwenye TV, Hivi nani anatoa hukumu, mahakama au huyo aliyeshika magazeti??? @#%&^*#@%^&* Sana.

kati ya haO WADAU ongezea na JAMIIFORUMS Tunalaani

By Mundu

Ni mkakati mzuri, lakini Tanzania magazeti yasipogusa habari za Serikali yataandika kuhusu nini? Kwa kuwa habari nyingi za nchi hii kwenye magazeti zimejikita kuandika habari za mijini tu, ambazo Serikali ni mchangiaji mkubwa wa habari hizi...basi ushauri wangu, waandishi waanze kuandika habari za jamii, hususan za wananchi wanaoishi vijijini...zinaweza zikaonekana ni habari za kitabaka lakini mwisho wake zitaanza kuzoeleka na kuonekana ni habari muhimu na ndizo zinazopaswa kuandikwa, ili kumkomboa mtanzania mnyonge katika ujinga, umasikini, maradhi, dhuluma n.k

Waandike habari za CWT, CHADEMA M4C, Maendeleo ya Dr. Ulimboka, zinalipa sana!waachane habari za kiserikali! Hasa zinazohusu mawaziri, Watumie Tbccm tu kwa taarifa zao, ambayo wananchi tumeisusia kitambo!

Serikali imeshikwa patamu,haki itapatikana tu

Mtu ukikata tamaa na ukaamini umefika mwisho wa kuruhusu ubongo wako kutafuta suluhu yaan ile halisi ya chanzo cha matatizo yanayokuzunguka, unakuwa hayawani.
My take, tunaelekea kuna watu ndani ya system wapo ktk stage hiyo. Mungu asipotuepusha kuna siku mtu ataamlisha vifaru viingiye barabara kuzuia wanafunzi wanaodai haki yao ya kufundishwa. Tafakari

Gazeti la Annur wanaliogopa.

tena kwa sababu tz ina uhusiano wa kujificha na iran afadhari watufungie misaada maana ccm wakula hiyo misaada

wanaogopa sana,ila waliomtesa uliomboka kwa matesa ya namna ile hata shetani aligeuka pembeni na kusema mimi cjawatuma kufanya hivi.

Usemi wa kwamba ukweli UNAUMA ndo unajidhihilisha hapa;why mwanahalisi tu sio majira wala uhuru?may god curse this

Katibu Mtendaji wa MCT, Kajubi Mkajanga

MCT yasikitishwa kufungiwa MwanaHalisi

Baraza la Habari Tanzania (MCT), limesema limesikitishwa na kitendo cha kufungiwa kwa gazeti la MwanaHalisi kwa kipindi kisicho na ukomo na kwamba haliungi kusimamishwa wala kufungiwa kwa chombo chochote cha habari kwa sababu yeyote ile.

Katibu Mtendaji wa MCT, Kajubi Mkajanga, alisema baraza linaamini makosa na matatizo ya kitaaluma hayawezi kumalizwa katika kufungia magazeti ama aina yeyote ya chombo cha habari.

“Kufunga ama kusimamisha vyombo vya habari ni ukiukwaji wa wazi wa uhuru wa vyombo vya habari kwa sababu kunawanyima wateja wa chombo hicho haki yao ya kupata habari za chaguo lao,” alisema.

“Kunawanyima raia ambao wamekuwa wakitumia chombo hicho haki ya kueleza maoni yao, kunanyima uhuru wa kujieleza na kukwaza demokrasia, hivyo kusimamishwa kwa gazeti la MwanaHalisi ni jambo la kusikitisha,” aliongeza.

Aidha MCT ilisema sheria ambayo serikali imeitumia kulifungia gazeti hilo ni ile ambayo imekuwa ikilalamikiwa na wadau wa vyombo vya habari.

Ipo siku tutashinda ubabe huu:lets unite

Liwalo na liwe, swala hili limeamuriwa na waziri, marufuku kujadiliwa...poor kikwete

Aisee yaani CCM sijui unaweza kuilezea kwa maneno gani ukaipatia juu ya UDHAIFU wake maana sioni maneno ya kutumia

By denoo49

masafa yake ni mwenge, ubungo, buguruni na mbagala. Nauli 400, haina msaada kwenye tuta.

umesomeka afande...ova

By Remote

104.4 fm kwa dsm

nashukuru sana mkuu!!

Me nashindwa kuelewa ina maana hii serikali inajiamulia tu ina maana waziri yeye ndo mahakama?? Kama kuna habri ya uchochezi kwanini wasipeleke kesi mahakamani?? Walijua kabisa kesi atashinda mwanahalisi sababu anasema kweli me sikubaliani na hawa madikteta washenzi kabisa wanafanya Nchi kama yao......................na hawa wengne hawapendi nao wangegoma kuandika habari yeyeto ya serikali au kufanya maandamano nasi tutakuwa nyuma yao