Uproar as Tanzania govt promises tough action on hate, incitement
Tanzania opposition Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe (right) and the party’s chief legal counsel Tundu Lissu at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court in Dar es Salaam on August 5, 2016. Mr Lissu was charged with three counts, including sedition and contempt of court. PHOTO | SAID KHAMIS
Is the Tanzania government clamping down on press freedom and curtailing freedom of speech? Or is it just delivering the tough action it promised against hate speech, illegal gatherings and demonstrations?
Political observers interpret this as CCM’s way of dealing with the opposition, which has remained defiant, poking holes in the ruling party’s policies.
