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Commonwealth blinks on Tanzania over Lissu and poll violence

Dodoma's deadlines to release Tundu Lissu, enact democratic reforms and account for election violence have expired without any sign of sanctions

Critics have accused the Commonwealth of failing to follow through on its pressure on Tanzania over human rights abuses and growing autocracy. The issue has not come up at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), held in Antigua and Barbuda from 1-4 November, even though the Commonwealth issued an ultimatum to Dodoma to end the detention of Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) leader Tundu Lissu or account for the deadly violence surrounding the October 2025 election.

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