Tanzania on Friday charged the co-founder of a website where people can post comments on officials they believe are corrupt with offences including obstructing a police investigation. Maxence Melo Mubyazi was arrested on Tuesday and has since been held by police, who have also searched his office and home. A charge sheet seen by Reuters showed that Mubyazi, 40, managing director and co-founder of jamiiforums website, has been charged with multiple counts of obstructing justice and running a website that is not registered in Tanzania. At his court appearance on Friday in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, he denied the charges and was returned to custody after an unsuccessful bail application. ...
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