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Tanzanian State THE PRICE WE PAY TARGETED FOR DISSENT BY THE TANZANIAN STATE Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 7 million people who campaign for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all. Our vision is for every person to enjoy all the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion and are funded mainly by our membership and public donations. © Amnesty International 2019 Except where otherwise noted, content in this document is licensed under a Creative Commons Cover photo: © Amnesty International (Illustration: Victor Ndula) (attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives, international 4.0) licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode For more information please visit the permissions page on our website: www.amnesty.org Where material is attributed to a copyright owner other than Amnesty International this material is not subject to the Creative Commons licence. First published in 2019 by Amnesty International Ltd Peter Benenson House, 1 Easton Street London WC1X 0DW, UK Index: AFR 56/0301/2019 Original language: English amnesty.org CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 METHODOLOGY 8 1. BACKGROUND 9 2. REPRESSION OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION 11 2.1 REPRESSIVE MEDIA LAW 11 2.2 FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT EAST AFRICAN COURT OF JUSTICE RULINGS 17 2.3 CURBING ONLINE EXPRESSION, CRIMINALIZATION AND ARBITRARY REGULATION 18 2.3.1 ENFORCEMENT OF THE CYBERCRIMES ACT 20 2.3.2 REGULATING BLOGGING 21 2.3.3 CYBERCAFÉ SURVEILLANCE 22 3. EXCESSIVE INTERFERENCE WITH FACT-CHECKING OFFICIAL STATISTICS 25 4. RESTRICTING SPACE FOR POLITICAL OPPOSITION 28 4.1 LAWS IMPEDING FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION 28 4.2 TRUMPED-UP CHARGES AGAINST OPPOSITION POLITICIANS 29 5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 34 5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA 35 5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS TO REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS 36 THE PRICE WE PAY TARGETED FOR DISSENT BY THE TANZANIAN STATE Amnesty International 3 GLOSSARY WORD DESCRIPTION ACT Alliance for Change and Transparency AG Attorney General ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights AU African Union CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Party of the Revolution) CHADEMA Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Party for Democracy and Progress) CHRAGG Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance CID Criminal Investigation Department COSTECH Commission for Science and Technology CUF Civic United Front DPP Director of Public Prosecutions EAC East African Community EACJ East African Court of Justice EU European Union HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HRW Human Rights Watch HRC Human Rights Council HRD Human rights defender ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights IGP Inspector General of Police LHRC Legal and Human Rights Centre MCT Media Council of Tanzania THE PRICE WE PAY TARGETED FOR DISSENT BY THE TANZANIAN STATE Amnesty International 4 WORD DESCRIPTION MP Member of parliament NBS National Bureau of Statistics NGO Non-governmental organization SADC Southern African Development Community TAMWA Tanzania Media Women’s Association TCRA Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority TEF Tanzania Editors Forum THRDC Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition TLS Tanganyika Law Society UN United Nations UNGA Unites Nations General Assembly THE PRICE WE PAY TARGETED FOR DISSENT BY THE TANZANIAN STATE Amnesty International 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY “The state wants to control everyone and everything at the expense of so many things. The state wants to control public and private institutions. It wants to control the economy, agriculture, business, the media, political parties, universities, churches and everyone.” Harold Sungusia, Advocate and Country Director, Sung Consultants In November 2019, President John Magufuli will mark four years in office. According to Tanzania’s Constitution, the president can run for one additional five-year term in the 2020 general elections. The upcoming November 2019 local elections and October 2020 general elections will take place in a climate of mounting fear with growing restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. Since President John Magufuli took office in November 2015, the state has applied a raft of repressive laws restricting the rights of opposition politicians, human rights defenders, activists, researchers, journalists, bloggers and other online users. Cumulatively, the application of these laws has had a chilling effect on the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, with people’s censoring actions perceived as critical of government for fear of prosecution or other reprisals. In July 2016, the civic space in the country closed rapidly after President John Magufuli announced a blanket ban on political activities until 2020, with many lawyers saying that the ban has no basis in Tanzanian law. The ban has also been selectively applied against opposition parties. Since it was instituted, several opposition politicians have been arrested and prosecuted on trumped-up charges in politically motivated trials. In January 2019, Tanzania’s National Assembly amended the Political Parties Act ushering in wide-ranging restrictions on the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly. Restrictions on media freedom have also intensified under the 2016 Media Services Act which enhances censorship, violates the right to information and limits scrutiny of government policies and programmes. Between 2016 and the time of writing this report, the Tanzania government has used the Media Service Act to close, fine and suspend at least six media outlets for publishing reports on allegations of corruption and human rights violations and the state of Tanzania’s economy. Since 2018, Tanzania’s government has also brought in sweeping powers to police the internet. The Electronic Postal Communications (Online Content) Regulations enacted in March 2018 broadly restricts online content, requires bloggers to register and permit surveillance of cybercafés without judicial oversight. Together with the 2015 Cybercrimes Act, which criminalizes publication of “false” information, these laws undermine privacy of internet users and stifle freedom of expression. While it is too early to know how these new, restrictive laws will be applied and enforced, people are increasingly afraid of freely expressing themselves online. Tanzania’s government has also sought to control independent research and public access to independent statistical information through the 2015 Statistics Act, creating a dangerous regime of denying citizens anything but a “state-sanctioned truth” While amendments to this law introduced in 2019 remove criminal liability for publishing non-official statistics, Tanzania’s authorities still maintain control on who can gather and disseminate statistical information and determine what is factual and false. THE PRICE WE PAY TARGETED FOR DISSENT BY THE TANZANIAN STATE Amnesty International 6 Heavy court fines, bail and bond terms for individuals arrested under many of these laws disproportionately affect poor and marginalized people. The Media Services Act, for example, criminalizes “false news” and “rumours” under sections 50 and 54 by creating the offence of “publication likely to cause fear and alarm” punishable with a fine of 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 Tanzania shillings (between 4,350 to 8,700 USD). The minimum fine is over four times Tanzania’s 2018 per capita income. Tanzanian government has also repeatedly refused to comply with national and regional courts decisions, including three East African Court of Justice (EACJ) judgments on violations of the rights to freedom of expression and information. The government’s failure to respect and obey such judgments leaves people without recourse for the authorities’ repressive actions. This report is based on 68 interviews conducted in Tanzania in February and March 2019 and remotely with government, non-governmental officials, lawyers, academics, religious leaders and diplomats, alongside review of documentary evidence. On 3 October 2019, Amnesty International sent letters to the Inspector General of Police (IGP); the Attorney General (AG); the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP); the Director General of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority; the Minister for Constitutional and Legal affairs and the Minister for Information, Culture, Arts and Sports summarizing the report’s findings and requesting response to a detailed list of questions. At the time of writing Amnesty International had received no response to these letters or to its other requests for information. Amnesty International calls on Tanzania’s government to stop using repressive laws to violate individuals’ rights to liberty, freedom of expression and information, peaceful assembly and association. Amnesty International urges the government to fully and effectively respect, protect, promote and fulfil human rights including by immediately and unconditionally releasing individuals arrested or facing prosecution based solely on trumped-up and politically motivated charges, including journalists Erick Kabendera, Maxence Melo, Micke William and politicians Zitto Kabwe, Freeman Mbowe, Vincent Mashinji, John Mnyika, Salumu Mwalimu, Joseph Mbilinyi, Peter Msigwa, Esther Matiko, John Heche, Halima Mdee. The Tanzania government must remove restrictions
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