odemus Ngelela Luhende, were
arrested in Kishapu District following the order of the District Commissioner for Kishapu.

7 September 2017

VIOLATION OF PUBLIC
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Prominent Member of Parliament
and considered a somewhat controversial lawyer Honourable
Tundu Antipas Lissu was shot by
unknown assailants and severely
injured.

19 September 2017

CENSORED
Government suspended publication and distribution of probably
the most controversial weekly tabloid in the country, MwanaHalisi
for a 24-month period.

29 September 2017

CENSORED
Popular weekly tabloid Raia Mwema including its online version
was suspended for 90 days for
publishing an article allegedly tarnishing the image of the president.

24 October 2017

CENSORED
Daily tabloid Tanzania Daima was
also issued with a 90-day suspension issued for publishing a false
story ‘aimed at misleading the
public’. Both offline and online
versions were suspended.

October 2017

VIOLATION OF PUBLIC
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Human rights activist and lawyer
Onesmo Ole Ngurumwa was summoned and interrogated twice by
Immigration Officers from Kinondoni about his nationality.

November 2017

VIOLATION OF PUBLIC
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Human rights defender and social
media activist Bob Chacha Wangwe was charged and convicted under Section 16 of the Cybercrimes
Act, sentenced to one and a half
years in prison and given the option of paying a fine.

22 November 2017

DETAINED
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) ordered
the radio station, Clouds FM, to
pay a fine of Tshs 12 million (USD
5400) for contravening broadcast
content regulations.

5 December 2017

KILLED OR MISSING
Azory Gwanda, a Mwananchi
Communication Ltd Correspondent was reported missing. His
whereabouts are still unknown.

30 December 2017

DETAINED
The Tanzania Communications
Regulatory Authority (TCRA) fined
Star Media for charging customers
for local channels which are supposed to be accessible at no cost.
The service provider was fined
Tshs 100 million (USD 45000) for
this violation.

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