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Opposition leader Tundu Lissu escaped the death penalty but was instead found guilty of incitement – a confected charge which he did not initially face – as Tanzania's government came under mounting pressure not to execute him...
Lissu was charged with treason after urging voters to boycott the October 2025 general elections if opposition candidates were not allowed to stand (Dispatches 2/11/26 Lissu treason verdict puts President Samia's political record on trial & Dispatches 14/4/25 Banning opposition leader Tundu Lissu from elections confirms Samia's authoritarian shift)...
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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...
Lissu was arrested in April 2025 and charged with treason a capital offence (Dispatches 14/4/25 Banning opposition leader Tundu Lissu from elections confirms Samia's authoritarian shift)...
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Opposition leader Tundu Lissu ended a hunger strike last week after prison authorities allowed him to meet privately with his lawyer Rugemeleza Nshala ahead of a judgement on the treason charges against him which is due on 6 November (AC Vol 67 No 17 Opposition leader Lissu turns the tables on President Hassan)...
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The ruling party's tactics will depend in part on the outcome of the treason trial of Tundu Lissu chairman of the leading opposition party Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema)...
As well as close surveillance and regular arrests the party is split over how to operate with its chairman Tundu Lissu as his court case proceeds...
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Atuhaire and Mwangi joined activists from across East Africa trying to attend the trial of Tundu Lissu leader of the opposition Chadema party who had been detained on trumped up treason charges for over a year...
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Vol 67 No 8 |
- MALAWI
- TANZANIA
Chakwera's arrival on 9 April was on the one-year anniversary of Chadema party leader Tundu Lissu's arrest and imprisonment on treason charges...
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‘Don't try this again ' was the message to dozens of pro-democracy activists from across East Africa as they were deported from Tanzania last year after attempting to attend the trial of Tundu Lissu chair of the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) party who faces treason charges...
And they thought they were winning as Hassan started to release political prisoners and open dialogue with opposition figures such as Tundu Lissu...
Officials in Kampala watched as activists from Kenya and Uganda united to support the jailed Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu but faced intimidation and violence including torture ahead of last October's elections...
Tundu Lissu of the opposition Chadema is still in prison facing a treason case widely seen as fabricated while ACT-Wazalendo's Luhaga Mpina was also prevented from standing on spurious grounds (Dispatches 14/4/25 Banning opposition leader Tundu Lissu from elections confirms Samia's authoritarian shift & 15/9/25 Samia's tactical electoral concession)...
