Tanzania’s opposition leaders have recently been the target of government crackdowns against political dissent. A planned march in late September 2024 to protest against the abduction and murder of an ...

The LHRC was founded in 1995 and remains a leading non-governmental organisation in Tanzania. It works to create legal and human rights awareness among citizens through legal and civic education, ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on "U.S. Policy on Turkey" on Capitol Hill in Washington, ...

The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema and other members were arrested early Wednesday, the party said, ahead of a planned conference to demand constitutional reform. Freeman Mbowe and ...

The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party will stand trial for terrorism, a high court judge ruled Friday, in a case his supporters brand a politically-motivated move to crush dissent. Chadema ...

The outspoken opposition leader was arrested in his hotel room in Mwanza on 21 July amid his party’s renewed campaign for a new constitution, which would liberalise Tanzania’s politics and weaken the ...

Freeman Mbowe was arrested in a night raid ahead of a public rally in July 2021 Tanzania's main opposition leader Freeman Mbowe has been released after spending more than seven months in custody on ...