NGOs target media law

Three Tanzanian NGOs have filed a complaint at the East Africa Court of Justice over a 2016 law that they argue violates press freedom. The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT), Legal and Human Rights Centre, and Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition said the law ‘violates’ international conventions ratified by the East African Community (EAC) regional bloc. A report on the eNCA site notes that MCT executive secretary Kajubi Mwakajangathe said the law requires journalists to register themselves as such, which critics argue is a restriction on freedom of expression.