Queries as Twaweza press meeting dropped

“But the fact that we failed to go ahead with the event tells a lot concerning the shrinking of civic space in the country. I think this accomplishes the mission more effectively than the press conference would have.”
The MISA-Tanzania chairperson, Ms Salome Kitomari described the incident as “extraordinary” – and that it creates the wrong picture that “everything is not okay.”
If anything – says the overall winner of the 2018-Excellence in Journalism Awards – “Twaweza should have stated exactly who stopped the event instead of keeping people in the dark. Incidents like this one deny the citizens important information that would help them make informed decisions,” she told The Citizen.
The incident comes in the wake of the findings by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International that authorities in Tanzania were using repressive laws to supress press freedom.
Targeting the media, human rights defenders and the opposition, the two organisations noted that violations of human rights have intensified.

Queries as Twaweza press meeting dropped

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