The new information and communications minister, Ashatu Kijaji, also delivered a disturbing speech three weeks ago, saying journalists should be вЂњguided by patriotism towards the nationвЂќ and warning that she would not tolerate journalists who try to вЂњtarnish the countryвЂ™s image.вЂќ We call for this cartoonistвЂ™s immediate and unconditional release and we urge the president not to take the same predatory road as her predecessor.вЂќДЇwemaвЂ™s arrest came two weeks after home affairs minister George Simbachawene called on the police to take action against those вЂњcommitting crimesвЂќ on social media, especially those who вЂњinsult the president.вЂќ вЂњ This arbitrary detention is the latest disastrous signal for press freedom, which has worsened steadily in recent years.

вЂњ Only the worst authoritarian regimes jail cartoonists over an ordinary satirical cartoon of the countryвЂ™s leader,вЂќ said Arnaud Froger, the head of RSFвЂ™s Africa desk.

The cartoon illustrated KikweteвЂ™s current influential role in Tanzanian politics. It portrays President Samia Suluhu вЂ“ who took over when President John Magufuli died in March вЂ“ as a girl playing with basin of water while behind her, Jakaya Kikwete, who was MagufuliвЂ™s predecessor as president and who is regarded as her mentor, is seen reassuring the population. He could be taken before a court today.ДЇwema posted the offending cartoon on his Instagram page. RSF has learned that Fwema has not been formally charged although, under Tanzanian law, the police are not allowed to hold a suspect for more than 48 hours without bringing a charge. The police returned to his home on 5 October to look for incriminating evidence without telling his lawyer. Fwema has been held at Oysterbay police station in Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaвЂ™s business capital, ever since he was arrested at his home on 24 September.

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