[kictanet] Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp

[Ahmed Mohamed Maawy]

Question: Is insulting a *cybercrime* per se?

As a mwanainchi why cant I arrest a person for insulting me on WhatsApp?
(Let along Facebook or Twitter) ??

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> It shouldn't matter if he insulted or criticised. It's laws like this that
> are used to shut down legitimate criticism. Studies have shown just the
> threat of censure/arrest has wide effects outside the person being
> censured/arrested.
>
> Bringing this back to a local context, isn't the law that got Wadi
> arrested still on the books?
>
> On 23 September 2016 at 17:16, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> The nature of the insult was not indicated in the article. I'm just
>> wondering whether the lecturer insulted or criticized. There is a
>> difference between the two...or is there?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mildred Achoch.
>>
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>>
>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John
>>> Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police official said on Friday, *bringing
>>> the number of people charged under a tough new cybercrimes law to 10.*
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0
>>> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
>>> Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp
>>> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0>
>>> www.reuters.com
>>> A Tanzanian lecturer has been charged with insulting President John
>>> Magufuli in a WhatsApp message, a senior police official said on Friday,
>>> bringing the number of people charged under a tough new cybercrimes law to
>>> 10.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
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