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Kabendera lawyer appeals to Tanzanian president for pardon

Tanzanian investigative journalist Eric Kabendera leaves after he appeared at the Kisutu residents magistrate court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 12, 2019. PHOTO | REUTERS

By  REUTERS

REUTERS

DAR ES SALAAM,

The lawyer for a prominent Tanzanian journalist arrested more than two months ago on Tuesday called on President John Magufuli to pardon him as a court postponed a hearing into his case for a sixth time.

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