Tanzania: Newspapers banned amid increasing hostility towards free speech.

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ARTICLE 19 is deeply concerned about a ban on two newspapers amid an intensifying crackdown on press freedom in Tanzania. Publication of the Mwananchi and Mtanzania newspapers has been suspended for 14 days and 90 days respectively. These bans follow a series of attacks against journalists in the country.
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The Mwananchi and Mtanzania titles were suspended on Friday 27 September 2013. Both newspapers have taken a critical stance towards government policy in recent months; each receiving a number of warnings about their critical reporting.
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According to the statement issued by Mr. Assah Mwambene (Director for Information Services in the Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports) both newspapers have been suspended ?due to their trend of publishing news stories and articles that provoke incitement and hostility, with the intention of influencing the citizens to lose confidence in State organs, and thus endanger the peace and cohesion that prevails in the country.?
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