was later identified as Harrison. On the 2nd July 2011, the Citizen reported that, the incident occurred after the photojournalist took photos of security personnel who had arrested an unknown man for allegedly breaking a toy. defamatory statements against him. In addition, the newspaper is required to publish an apology on the first and second pages of the same newspaper in words that Masilingi will be comfortable with before they are published. Communiqué Alert Date: July 12, 2011 Person/ institution: Sharifa Kalokola, The Citizen Violation/ issue: Other A journalist with The Citizen, Sharifa Kalokola, has won recognition for health reporting during the Siemens Africa Profile Awards held recently in Doha, Qatar. On the 10th July 2011, The Citizen reported that, she got a merit award for her article entitled “Abortion pills sold over the counter” during the annual event to honor journalists who excel in the field of science and health reporting. Alert Date: December 17, 2011 Person/ institution: Absalom Kibanda Violation/ issue: Detained The Police on Friday questioned the Managing Editor of a Swahili daily Newspaper, Tanzania Daima, Absalom Kibanda, over an opinion article recently published by the paper. Kibanda, who is also a Chairman of the Tanzania Editors Forum, was questioned on Friday December 16, 2011 for over three hours at police headquarters in Dar es Salaam over the article, which the police claimed was “seditious”. Date: November 17, 2011 Person/ institution: Prince Bagenda, RAI Violation/ issue: Sentenced The High Court of Tanzania has resolved the case involving Former Minister for Good Governance, Wilson Masilingi and the local Swahiili newspaper, RAI and its columnist, Prince Bagenda. The ruling followed a defamation case that was filed by Masilingi claiming that the writer and the newspaper published a defamatory statement in its edition of 2 August 2005. The court has the newspaper and Bagenda to pay Masilingi the some of Tshs 15 million (about 9000 USD) as damages for publishing malicious and So This is Democracy • 2011 155