Tunisia escalates crackdown on society ahead of presidential elections: Amnesty International - JURIST - News

Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned the arrest of at least 97 opposition members in Tunisia last week, asserting that authorities have escalated their crackdown on civil society ahead of the ... Read More

Tanzania: Opposition members arrested as leader faces trial - MSN

Authorities in Tanzania have increasingly targeted the opposition party ahead of the October presidential and parliamentary elections. Amnesty International condemned a "campaign of repression" by ... Read More

Tanzania Authorities Arrest Opposition Politicians

Tanzania authorities have arrested leading opposition politicians who had planned to demonstrate in response to a wave of enforced disappearances of party officials. The arbitrary arrests of ... Read More

Tanzania: Address Rights Ahead of Local Elections

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. Read More

Tanzania opposition names new leader ahead of election

Tanzania's main opposition party has chosen a new leader ahead of general elections due in October at a time when it faces increasing political repression. Lissu, Chadema's presidential candidate ... Read More

Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party barred from upcoming elections | Politics News - Al Jazeera

Tanzania’s electoral commission has barred the main opposition party, Chadema, from contesting presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place later this year. The Independent ... Read More

Tanzania Arrests Opposition Official Travelling to Political Conference - U.S. News & World Report

Amani Golugwa, a senior member of Tanzania's main opposition CHADEMA party, was arrested at Julius Nyerere International Airport in the capital Dar es Salaam on Monday, his party wrote on X. Read More

Tanzania opposition leader abducted and beaten ahead of elections - JURIST - News

Numerous opposition leaders and opposing political figures have been arrested amidst their calls to action against the disturbing pattern of abductions. CHADEMA hopes to challenge Tanzania’s ruling ... Read More

Tanzania arrests opposition official travelling to political conference

Tanzanian authorities arrested a senior opposition official as he was departing for a political conference in Belgium, his party said on Tuesday, as fears grow of an escalating crackdown ahead of ... Read More

Tunisia’s Authoritarian Leader Cracks Down on Opposition Ahead of Elections - Democracy Now!

In Tunisia, authorities led by President Kais Saied have accelerated a crackdown on opposition candidates and peaceful protests ahead of presidential elections scheduled for October 6. Amnesty ... Read More

Tension high in Tanzania ahead of opposition leader's 'treason' trial - RFI

Tension is rising further on the political scene in Tanzania ahead of the trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Accused of treason, his Chadema political party was this month excluded from the ... Read More

Police arrest 8 of Tanzania’s main opposition figures ahead of planned protests - WTOP News

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police arrested Tanzania's most prominent opposition figures Monday whose party has called for protests against what it says is a crackdown targeting its supporters. Read More