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<p dir="ltr">On Sep 24, 2016 09:35, "Alex Watila via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I think if someone insults you, you sue for liable because you have to prove to the courts that what was said was not true.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">In his defense, his lawyer (as president) is his Attorney General. Not sure if this advances or confuses the discussion. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Kip<br></p>
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp<br>
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> Question: Is insulting a cybercrime per se?<br>
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> As a mwanainchi why cant I arrest a person for insulting me on WhatsApp? (Let along Facebook or Twitter) ??<br>
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> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> 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.<br>
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>> Bringing this back to a local context, isn't the law that got Wadi arrested still on the books?<br>
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>> On 23 September 2016 at 17:16, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>> 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?<br>
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>>> On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Grace Githaiga via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
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>>>> 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.<br>
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>>>> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-president-idUSKCN11T14C?il=0</a><br>
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>>>> Tanzanian lecturer charged with insulting president on WhatsApp<br>
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>>>> <a href="http://www.reuters.com">www.reuters.com</a><br>
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>>>> 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.<br>
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