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I oktober avholdes valg i Tanzania. Det haster med å få løslatt lederen for landets største opposisjonsparti fra fengsel!

Publisert: 4. jun 2025, kl. 14:30 | Sist oppdatert: 16. jul 2025, kl. 14:55

Undertrykkelsen av regimekritikere i forkant av det kommende parlamentsvalget i Tanzania i oktober 2025, tiltar i styrke.

I april i år ble lederen for landets største opposisjonsparti, Tundu Lissu, arrestert etter å ha avholdt et politisk møte.

Politiet skjøt i lufta og brukte tåregass for å spre tilhengerne som samlet seg under arrestasjonen.

Deretter fraktet de ham i bil over 1000 km til landets hovedstad, Dar es Salaam.

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Tundu Lissu ble senere tiltalt for flere forhold, deriblant landsforræderi. Tiltalen for landsforræderi betyr at han ikke kan løslates mot kausjon, og skulle han bli funnet skyldig, vil det medføre en obligatorisk dødsdom.

Opposisjonslederen er fengslet utelukkende for fredelig utøvelse av sine menneskerettigheter. Krev at han løslates umiddelbart - signer aksjonen!

Få dager etter at Lissu ble arrestert, nektet Tanzanias valgkommisjon partiet hans (Chadema) i å stille til valget i oktober. Begrunnelsen var at partiet ikke hadde signert en obligatorisk avtale om atferdskodeks, dvs regler for hvordan partiene skal opptre under valgkampen.

I 2024 ble fire regjeringskritikere bortført med makt, og én - Ali Mohamed Kibao - ble drept. Kibao var et sentralt medlem av Lissus parti.

Han skal ha blitt bortført av sikkerhetsagenter fra en buss mens han var på vei hjem. Ifølge en obduksjonsrapport var kroppen hans dynket i syre og bar tydelige tegn på at han hadde blitt banket opp.

Amnesty krever at tanzanianske myndigheter:

umiddelbart løslater Tundu Lissu.
stanser alle vilkårlige arrestasjoner og den økende undertrykkelsen av opposisjonsledere i forkant av parlamentsvalget i oktober 2025.

Signaturene vil bli sendt til president Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Vil du hjelpe oss å samle signaturer for å få løslatt Tundu Lissu? Last ned underskriftsliste her og send til signatur@amnesty.no

Signaturliste Tundu Lissu

President Samia Suluhu Hassan
President's Office
Utumishi street, P.O. BOX 670,
Dodoma, Tanzania
Email: ps@utumishi.go.tz
Twitter: @SuluhuSamia

Dear President Hassan,

I am writing to express grave concern about the arrest and arbitrary detention of Tundu Lissu, the Chairperson of Chadema, the main opposition party in Tanzania.

Tundu Lissu was arrested on 9 April after holding a political rally in Mbinga town, southwest of Tanzania. He was then transferred to Dar es Salaam, more than 1,000 kilometres away by road during the night. Police used excessive force, including by firing teargas and shooting in the air to disperse his supporters who gathered around during the arrest. On 10 April, he was charged with a capital and non-bailable offence of treason alongside two other offences under the country’s cybercrime laws in relation to his social media posts calling for Tanzanians to boycott the forthcoming elections, citing the possibility of rigging. The charge of treason, under sections 39 and 40 of the Tanzanian Penal Code is non-bailable offence which carries the mandatory death penalty.

On the morning of 24 April, police beat up and arrested dozens of people who tried to access Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam where Tundu Lissu’s case came for hearing. Chadema’s deputy chairperson John Heche and secretary general John Mnyika were among those arrested but were released later that night. Chadema’s deputy secretary general further reported that police injured and killed one person in front of the court that morning. 23 people were beaten by police outside the court. Many had suffered cuts and bruises on various parts of their bodies including head, hands legs, back and shoulders. A woman and a man reported to Amnesty International that they had been sexually assaulted by the police.

Amnesty International has reported intensification of authoritarian practices and a vicious clampdown on dissent in recent years in Tanzania as the country heads to presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place in October 2025.

I urge your government to immediately and unconditionally release Tundu Lissu as he is detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights. I also urge you to end all arbitrary arrests and the growing crackdown on opposition leaders ahead of the October 2025 general elections. I further urge you to refrain from all attacks on opposition party members, real or perceived government critics, human rights defenders and journalists and end all harassment and targeting of their important and legitimate work.

Yours sincerely,

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