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.

duh,kweli tanzania tumethubutu tukashindwa,
source ya ukweli ntapata wapi tena.

Fungia fungia vyombo vya habari, hii serikali kuna siku itakuta na wananchi wameifungia yenyewe.

Haaahaa! Ile dozi ya Kubenea ilikuwa kubwa kuliko. Maana imewaweka jamaa uchi bila kutegemea

Waoga hao! Kwanza kulifungia ndio itazidisha uvumi kwamba serikali inahusika haswa. Pili kwani hata Ulimboka watanfunga mdomo akirudi?

mbona radio imani inayohubiri chuki za kidini kila siku haifungiwi?? kuna double standards kwenye media???

I saw this one coming.

watafungia vingapi, aibu yao.

Safi sana gazeti la udaku na majungu na kufitinisha watu hata hivyo serikali imechelewa mno kulifungia.

Baada ya kufungiwa MWANAHALISI gazeti jingine la MWANAHABARI limepewa onyo kali.

Kubenea karibu huku na ikiwezekana anzisheni jingine,tupo pa1.

Serikali ime'prove failure.

By semtawa

Baada ya kufungiwa MWANAHALISI gazeti jingine la MWANAHABARI limepewa onyo kali.

sio tetesi ni kweli limefungiwa kwa muda usiojulikana....

mbona hakuna maelezo mkuu

Gazeti la mwanahalisi limefungiwa kwa muda usiojulikana kutokana na makala za uchochezi.
source:TBC1 dira ya mchana.

By ByaseL

Waoga hao! Kwanza kulifungia ndio itazidisha uvumi kwamba serikali inahusika haswa. Pili kwani hata Ulimboka watanfunga mdomo akirudi?

mkuu! sisi hatuhitaji tu ishu ya dr! bali mambo mengi! sasa kulifungia hili, washayaficha mengi sana aisee! la dr lishakuwa wazi

By Ritz

Safi sana gazeti la udaku na majungu na kufitinisha watu hata hivyo serikali imechelewa mno kulifungia.

porojo.....

Imbombo ngafu,kubenea umetisha na Huyu ndie aliyemteka Dr ulimboka!

Can they do that? Wamechochea nini? Mbona sijaona vurugu zozote zilizosababishwa na gazeti?

By Ritz

Safi sana gazeti la udaku na majungu na kufitinisha watu hata hivyo serikali imechelewa mno kulifungia.

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