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East Africa: Media Freedom - Tanzania, Kenya On the Spot
East African, 12 May 2018
The Committee to Protect Journalists has put a spotlight on Kenya and Tanzania over their treatment of the media in the past few months. Read more »
Tanzania, Kenya's Press Freedom In the Spotlight
The Committee to Protect Journalists and 64 civil society groups from around the world want the Tanzania and Kenya governments to address the deteriorating environment for media, human rights defenders and opposition party members in the respective countries. The groups are urging Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta not to sign into law the Cybercrimes Bill that was passed by parliament in April 2018.
Journalists in Nairobi take part in a demonstration to protests against gag on press freedoms. (file photo).
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