Tanzania opposition says jailed leader not seen by family, lawyers

Tanzania’s predominant opposition birthday celebration acknowledged it had did not obtain entry to its leader who’s in detention on treason charges.

CHADEMA acknowledged Friday that the family and lawyers of Tundu Lissu had did not leer him at a Dar es salaam detention heart where he had been kept since his arrest on April 9.

In an announcement, the birthday celebration acknowledged it held the Tanzanian authorities and Prisons Provider responsible ble for Lissu’s safety.

The Prisons Provider swiftly denied that Lissu had been moved from detention heart.

In an announcement, the company disregarded CHADEMA’s concerns as misinformation.

“We would like to inform the public that Tundu Lissu is safe and he is still detained at Keko Prison in Dar es Salaam according to the country’s laws and procedures,” the Provider acknowledged in an announcement.

Lissu came 2d in Tanzania’s 2020 presidential election. Closing week, he used to be arrested and later charged with treason after a speech anxious election reforms.

Prosecutors acknowledged the speech called for an riot.

With another presidential vote on the horizon, critics pronounce President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s authorities has ramped repression against the opposition.

This week, the election commission banned CHADEMA from participating in elections after the birthday celebration refused to signal a doc pledging to obey the commission’s orders.