Tanzania: Mbowe Petitions High Court to Censure Arrest

Dar es Salaam — The chairman of the leading opposition Chadema, Mr Freeman Mbowe, has petitioned the High Court to declare his arrest and arraignment over unbailable terrorism and economic sabotage charges unconstitutional.

In the constitutional petition filed in Dar es Salaam on Monday, Mr Mbowe says his arrest and subsequent charging in court grossly violated his rights protected by the constitution.

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