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No Expectations of a Free and Fair Election as Tanzania Heads to the Polls

  • News, Tanzania
  • 28 October 2020

Today, 28 October, millions of Tanzanians head to the polls. The incumbent president John Magufuli is expected to win an unfair vote, which reinstates him in power for another five years. For human ri...

Tanzanian LGBTI+ activist: “You should not be punished because of who you love”

  • News, Tanzania
  • 15 November 2019

This time last year, the world’s eyes turned to Tanzania as the regional commissioner of Dar es Salaam announced plans of establishing a task force to hunt down and punish LGBTI+ people. While the gov...

Urgent Call to End the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Tanzania

  • Statements, Tanzania
  • 13 May 2019

On 13 May, Civil Rights Defenders signed an open letter to the Member and Observer states of the UN Human Rights Council. The letter calls for urgent action on the situation in Tanzania. See full lett...

Civil Society Groups Call on the Tanzanian Government to Address Rapidly Deteriorating Human Rights Situation

  • Statements, Tanzania
  • 16 May 2018

The state of human rights in Tanzania is deteriorating and the political space for dissents narrowing down rapidly. The fine levied on five television stations for airing a press statement made by the...

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