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8:35 CAT | 28 Mar 2018
Opponents of Tanzania's president, John Magufuli, accuse him of initiating a crackdown on dissent
Tanzania has charged six opposition leaders with sedition and inciting violence, news agency Reuters reports.
The group were further charged with participating in an illegal protest last month that resulted in the death of a student.
All six are members of the opposition CHADEMA party, and the arrested include its chairman, Freeman Mbowe.
Critics of the government say the men are innocent and that those in power are trying to silence their opponents.
Zitto Kabwe, the leader of the opposition ACT Wazalendo party tweeted:
I saw today in Kisutu Megistrate Court what is horrifying. Our democracy is under threat. I saw the beginning of the rapid destroyal of parties as institutions of democracy. I saw how democrats are becoming helpless and hopeless. It is a new normal, a fearful nation
— Zitto Kabwe Ruyagwa (@zittokabwe) March 27, 2018
Opponents of Tanzanian President John Magufuli said there has been a crackdown on government criticism since he took power in 2015.
Other Western countries have similarly expressed concern over allegations of human rights abuses.
Source: BBC
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