Tanzania: Opposition leader Tundu Lissu jailed for four years
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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been sentenced to four years in prison after being cleared of treason. Lissu condemned his conviction for incitement, which had not been among the charges he faced.
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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was acquitted of treason charges in a case that human rights watchdogs and the United Nations have condemned as politically motivated.
A Tanzanian court sentenced opposition leader Tundu Lissu to four years in prison for inciting people to disrupt last year’s election but acquitted him of treason, ruling that prosecutors had failed to prove he intended to intimidate the government
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been sentenced to four years in prison after being cleared of treason. Lissu condemned his conviction for incitement, which had not been among the charges he faced.
