Nairobi Senator Sifuna Joins Global Call for Release of Tanzania’s Lissu and Heche
The statement accuses Tanzanian authorities of violating human rights through unlawful detention, enforced disappearances and the silencing of opposition voices.
The statement accuses Tanzanian authorities of violating human rights through unlawful detention, enforced disappearances and the silencing of opposition voices.
In a statement posted on his official X account on October 26, Lissu said his prison cell has been fitted with CCTV cameras that record all his movements, even during private moments.
Taarifa ya Jeshi la Polisi imesema kuwa baadhi ya taarifa hizo zimeandaliwa kwa uangalifu ili kuzalisha taharuki, ikiwemo kuchukua matukio yaliyotokea katika nchi nyingine, kuyatengeneza upya, kisha kuyaunganisha na sauti za Kiswahili zenye lafudhi ya nchi yetu ili yaonekane yametokea nchini.
A small plane travelling from Kenya’s coast crashed on Tuesday, killing all 11 people on board, including foreigners, the airline said.
Tume zote mbili INEC kwa Tanzania Bara na ZEC kwa Zanzibar zimeahidi kufanya uchaguzi ulio huru, wa amani na unaozingatia sheria. Mashirika ya kiraia na waangalizi wa kimataifa pia wanatarajiwa kufuatilia mchakato huo unaotazamwa kama kipimo muhimu cha demokrasia nchini.
Samia, mwenye umri wa miaka 65, anaingia katika kinyang’anyiro cha uchaguzi mkuu wa kesho Jumatano akiwa na historia ya kipekee kama mwanamke wa kwanza kuidhinishwa na CCM kugombea nafasi ya urais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania. Hapo awali, aliweka historia nyingine kwa kuwa Makamu wa Rais na baadaye Rais wa kwanza mwanamke katika historia ya taifa hilo.
Kupitia ujumbe aliouchapisha kwenye akaunti yake ya X mnamo Oktoba 26, Lissu alisema kuwa chumba chake cha gereza kimefungwa kamera za CCTV zinazorekodi kila hatua yake, hata anapojisaidia au kubadilisha nguo.
President Samia Suluhu, a soft-spoken politician who unexpectedly found herself Tanzania’s first female leader, is now accused of overseeing heavy repression in the East African nation.
President Samia Suluhu is said to want nothing less than a total victory, similar to the 99 percent her party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, won in local polls last year.
Lissu’s cell is now equipped with CCTV cameras that record his every move, leaving him with no privacy. He reveals that the cameras capture everything he does, even when he uses the bathroom or changes clothes.