Police have arrested Tanzania’s most prominent opposition figures whose party has called for protests against what it says is a crackdown targeting its supporters
Police arrested Tanzania's most prominent opposition figures Monday whose party has called for protests against what it says is a crackdown targeting its supporters.
Hundreds of backers of the country’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, were arrested last month and the party's secretariat member was abducted and later found dead with signs of beatings and acid poured on his face. Amnesty International at the time called for an immediate stop to “arbitrary detentions of political opposition” in Tanzania.CHADEMA said in a statement its chairman Freeman Mbowe and his deputy Tundu Lissu together with six other party officials were arrested at various locations, adding that the planned protests were in line with the constitution and that police had been notified as required by law.
Magufuli’s autocratic rule was marred by human rights abuse allegations that included a total ban on opposition political rallies.
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