Latest Media Alerts On November 1st 2000, the BBC-correspondent in Zanzibar, Ally Saleh, was arrested and detained by police. Saleh was taken to Malindi police station and later transferred to Mwembemadema Central Police station. Saleh was released on bail on November 2. On October 28th 2000, Khalfan Said, a photo journalist with the daily newspaper "The Guardian", was arrested and detained for eight hours before being released. Police confiscated two of his films. Source: Media Institute of Southern Africa |