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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania has dropped by 25 positions in the latest World Press Freedom Index Report.
The report, which was published on April 18 by Reporters without Borders (RSF), places Tanzania in the 118th position out of 180 countries they studied. It occupied the 93rd place in 2018.
However, commenting on the report, the Tanzania Information Services director, Dr Hassan Abbasi, told The Citizen’s sister paper Mwananchi that the government was not surprised by the ranking. “You can’t come up with such a report by merely looking at incidents taking place in the society or by considering the arrest of members ofCommittee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) who entered the country illegally,” he said.
He said Tanzania will continue respecting the freedom of the press because it is enshrined in the country’s constitution, laws and ratified international treaties.
“We will do this regardless of perceptions of various reports on us because this is a constitutional obligation. Whenever media practitioners contravene our laws we will take action according to the law,” he said.
The index report shows that Tanzania scored 3,628 marks and a difference of 5.63 scores as compared to 2018.
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/T...edom-report/1840340-5080076-ngh49l/index.html
The report, which was published on April 18 by Reporters without Borders (RSF), places Tanzania in the 118th position out of 180 countries they studied. It occupied the 93rd place in 2018.
However, commenting on the report, the Tanzania Information Services director, Dr Hassan Abbasi, told The Citizen’s sister paper Mwananchi that the government was not surprised by the ranking. “You can’t come up with such a report by merely looking at incidents taking place in the society or by considering the arrest of members ofCommittee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) who entered the country illegally,” he said.
He said Tanzania will continue respecting the freedom of the press because it is enshrined in the country’s constitution, laws and ratified international treaties.
“We will do this regardless of perceptions of various reports on us because this is a constitutional obligation. Whenever media practitioners contravene our laws we will take action according to the law,” he said.
The index report shows that Tanzania scored 3,628 marks and a difference of 5.63 scores as compared to 2018.
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/T...edom-report/1840340-5080076-ngh49l/index.html
