1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgJessica Jerreathttps://cpj.org/author/jjerreat/Tanzania imposes 7-day publication ban on The Citizen - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Ua9gNxsv56"><a href="https://cpj.org/2019/03/tanzania-citizen-7-day-publication-ban/">Tanzania imposes 7-day publication ban on The Citizen</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2019/03/tanzania-citizen-7-day-publication-ban/embed/#?secret=Ua9gNxsv56" width="600" height="338" title="“Tanzania imposes 7-day publication ban on The Citizen” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="Ua9gNxsv56" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AP_Tanzania_2_1.jpg750484Nairobi, March 1, 2019--Authorities in Tanzania should lift a seven-day publication ban on the privately owned newspaper The Citizen and allow journalists to report on matters of public interest freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The Information Services Department, which oversees newspaper licenses, temporarily suspended the publication license of The Citizen on February…