Tundu Lissu treason Stories

Tanzania's Permanent Representative, Dr Abdallah Possi, rubbished as "erroneous, misleading and misconstrued" a statement by UN-appointed experts.

Reports indicate that Lissu cited a lack of privacy and concerns over surveillance during consultations with his legal team as the reason for his requ...

Mwangi had earlier warned that his life was in danger after armed men, claiming to be police officers, showed up at his hotel room in Dar es Salaam on...

It was his first appearance since his arrest last month—an episode that has reignited tensions around political freedoms and state repression ahead of...

Karua said she had been held at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam since morning, with Tanzanian immigration officials withhold...

The EU Parliament similarly asked member states to engage Tanzanian officials and keep an eye on Lissu's trial.

Lissu, who was the runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, was charged with treason last week after allegedly urging the public to rebel and disr...

The country's attorney general took over the case from the police and dropped the charges after bringing forward the matter due to be heard in January...

Already on Monday, Nigeria charged 10 people with treason and conspiring to incite the military to mutiny.