Tanzania: Public Statement on the Arrest of Watetezi TV Investigative Journalist, Joseph Gandye

23 August 2019
Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (Dar es Salaam)
press release

Dar es Salaam — The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) condemns the arrest of journalist Joseph Gandye, who is the production editor and associate head of Watetezi TV.

Gandye has been arrested today on 22nd August, 2019, after receiving a call from a police officer who identified himself by the name Godfrey Mkude, who wanted the journalist to go to Urafiki police station for an interrogation.

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