Rights & Freedoms
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Protest outside S.African court as police seek to bar anti-migrant rallies
Hundreds of protesters brandishing placards rallied outside a court in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban on Friday as the government sought to halt anti-migrant demonstrations that turned deadly last week, leaving one person dead.…
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UN Experts Demand Release of Tanzania Election Violence Inquiry Report
United Nations human rights experts have raised alarm over lack of justice and accountability for victims of Tanzania’s deadly post-election violence, one year after the October 2025 unrest, demanding the immediate public release of a…
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KNCHR yaonya kuhusu kulengwa kwa wanaotafuta hifadhi Kenya
Tume ya Kitaifa ya Haki za Kibinadamu nchini Kenya (KNCHR) imeelezea wasiwasi kuhusu kulengwa kwa watu wanaotafuta hifadhi nchini humo, ikionya kuwa ongezeko la visa vya utekaji nyara kwa watu na kuvushwa mipaka kinyume cha…
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UK, US and Norwegian Embassies Honour Victims of Tanzania’s Bloody Election Violence One Year On
Western diplomatic missions in Tanzania have paid tribute to victims of the deadly violence that followed the October 29, 2025, elections, as families and communities continue to mourn those who lost their lives. In separate…
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“Damu Yangu Ilimwagika Hapa”: Makovu ya Ghasia za Uchaguzi Tanzania Bado Yanauma Mwaka Mmoja Baadaye
Mwaka mmoja baada ya ghasia zilizohusishwa na uchaguzi nchini Tanzania, waathiriwa bado wanadai haki kuhusu hatma ya wapendwa wao waliouawa au kutoweka huku walionusurika wakikabiliwa na majeraha ya kudumu na gharama kubwa za matibabu. Uchaguzi…
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‘My blood was spilled here’: a year on, Tanzania unable to mourn election violence
A year after Tanzania’s bloody election, many remain traumatised by the violence, while government critics live in fear of abduction and arbitrary arrest, or facing treason and terrorism charges. The October 29 election, in which…
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Amnesty yaishutumu Tanzania kwa kutumia sheria dhidi ya ugaidi kunyamazisha wakosoaji
Shirika la kutetea haki za binadamu la Amnesty International limeishutumu serikali ya Tanzania kwa kutumia sheria za kupambana na ugaidi kunyamazisha wakosoaji wake na kukandamiza uhuru wa raia, mwaka mmoja baada ya operesheni kali ya…
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CHADEMA Writes to President Ruto Over Reported Abduction of Twaha Mwaipaya
Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, CHADEMA Secretary-General John Mnyika said the party had delivered a letter to the Kenyan Embassy in Tanzania, asking that it be forwarded to…
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Chadema yatangaza siku saba za maombolezo ya mauaji ya Oktoba 2025, yataka uchunguzi huru
Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) kimetangaza siku saba za kumbukumbu na maombolezo ya watu waliouawa wakati na baada ya Uchaguzi Mkuu wa Oktoba 29, 2025, huku kikitaka uchunguzi huru unaohusisha vyombo vya kimataifa na…
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DP Kindiki: We Have No Plans to Ban Livestreaming of Election Results
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has dismissed claims the government is attempting to interfere with the credibility of the coming General Election through banning live streaming of results.The Second-in-Command said the elections will be held as…
