The critics say cyber crime laws, which took effect two years ago, have been used against at least nine media organizations.

The newspaper Mwanahalisi is the second Tanzanian publication to be banned this past year.

Rights groups are calling on the government to align its laws with the practices and standards of the international community.

The government said the paper had violated previous warnings about articles criticizing President John Magufuli.

It called on the paper to retract these stories .

Mwanahalisi news editor Saed Kubenea says the paper has done nothing wrong by factually reporting where government its going wrong.

Mwanahalisi was banned in 2012 for publishing stories that allegedly threatened national security. After a three-year court battle, the ban was lifted.

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