Tanzania Opposition Lawmakers Found Guilty For Illegal Protest
Chadema party leaders stand in the dock at Kisutu resident magistrates court in Dar es Salaam on March 10, 2020. Ericky BONIPHACE / AFPA court in Tanzania on Tuesday ordered a group of opposition lawmakers and other co-accused to pay a fine or serve five months prison on charges related to a banned demonstration.
The accused, including Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe, four MPs and other senior opposition officials, were remanded in custody after failing to raise the money. He said Chadema, the main opposition movement challenging Tanzania’s powerful ruling CCM party, was trying to raise the money, and would consider appealing.
The demonstration had been banned by Magufuli’s government, which has been accused of crushing dissent, jailing critics and passing draconian laws that have weakened freedoms in Tanzania.
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