Tanzania: Address Rights Ahead of Local Elections

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Police detain a supporter of Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, at the start of a banned protest in Dar es Salaam, September 23, 2024. © 2024 ANTHONY SIAME/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (Nairobi) – The Tanzanian government should take urgent steps to reverse the deteriorating human rights situation in the country ahead of forthcoming local elections in mainland Tanzania on November 27, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today.Since June, the authorities have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of opposition supporters, imposed restrictions on social media access, banned independent…

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