A Tanzanian journalist will now spend the entire Christmas period in prison after failing to secure bail on Wednesday.
Erick Kabendera was arrested in July and his court trial has been postponed 10 times including on Wednesday.
At first, he was charged for allegedly being a non-citizen but later, authorities preferred money laundering, tax evasion and organised crimes offences.
The three offences are not bailable but his legal team insists that the crimes were forged because of his bold coverage of news.
Amnesty International described his arrest as "an assault on press freedom" and diplomats expressed concern over the initial handling of the case.
Jebra Kambole, his lawyer, accused the prosecution of delaying the proceedings at the detriment of his client.
"We are asking the court that the prosecution speed up the investigation as the case has been postponed many times," Kambole Jebra is quoted in local media as saying after the latest delay.
Shortly after Kabendera's arrest, the US and UK embassies in Tanzania said they were "concerned about the steady erosion of due process in Tanzania, as evidenced by the ever more frequent resort to lengthy pre-trial detentions and shifting charges by its justice system".
Amnesty International's East Africa director, Joan Nyanyuki, called his detention "an assault on press freedom and further underlines the rising repression of journalists and perceived government critics in Tanzania, where people have been killed, physically assaulted, threatened, harassed or abducted for expressing their views".
President John Magufuli has been on spot over alleged violation of human rights since taking over from Jakaya Kikwete in 2015.
However, in most instances, Magufuli has often distanced himself from such matters, asking his accusers to defend themselves in court.