Tanzania: End Mass Arrests and Arbitrary Detentions of Political Opposition

The Tanzanian authorities must urgently halt the mass arrests and arbitrary detention of government critics, Amnesty International said today, as intimidation of members of the… Read more »

Tanzania: Private Businesses Complicit in Forced Evictions of Maasai Communities By Authorities

Since 2009, private businesses have been complicit in forced evictions of Maasai Indigenous communities from their ancestral lands in Loliondo by Tanzanian authorities, Amnesty… Read more »

Tanzania: Detained Critics of UAE Port Deal Must Be Immediately and Unconditionally Released

The Tanzanian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Willibrod Slaa, former parliamentarian and Tanzanian Ambassador to Sweden, Boniface Mwabukusi, a lawyer and… Read more »

Tanzania: Case On Death-Row Detainees Challenging Mandatory Death Penalty

Five men were sentenced to death following the murder of another man in 2011. In 2015, after unsuccessful appeals against their judgment and sentence, they brought their case to… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Case of an Immigrant Mistreated By the Judicial and Prison System in Tanzania

Mr X is a Congolese man who was living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In early June 2006, he lost his passport. He went to the Tanzanian police to register the loss of his passport… Read more »

Tanzania: Authorities Brutally Violated Maasai Amid Forced Evictions From Ancestral Lands

The Tanzanian authorities have repeatedly resorted to ill-treatment, excessive use of force, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and forced evictions against members of the Maasai… Read more »

Tanzania: 'We Have Lost Everything' Forced Evictions of the Maasai in Loliondo

This research report is an outcome of the research conducted by Amnesty International into the actions of the Tanzanian authorities that resulted in multiple forced evictions of… Read more »

Tanzania: President Hassan Lifts the Blanket Ban On Political Assemblies

Responding to President Samia Suluhu Hassan's announcement that she is lifting the punitive political rallies blanket ban imposed on opposition political parties, Amnesty… Read more »