Tanzanian Arrests Bad Omen for Upcoming Elections

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Supporters of Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema, protest with the party's deputy chairman, Tundu Lissu, front center, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, January 24, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo Over the past week, Tanzanian police have arbitrarily arrested 375 members and supporters of the country’s main opposition party, the Party for Democracy and Progress (Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo, or Chadema). Among them are former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, party chairman Freeman Mbowe, party youth wing leader John Pambalu, and several journalists.…

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