Civil rights bodies cite EAC treaty, sue Dar for ‘massive violations’ by its police

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Zanzibar's anti-riot police officers during an operation after the opposition called for protests in Stone Town, on October 29, 2020. -PHOTO | AFP

Four civil rights organisations are suing the Tanzanian government for “massive violations” in the recent general election in which President John Pombe Magufuli was voted back in office.

The organisations from Kenya and Uganda are suing Tanzania at the East African Court of Justice, alleging that security agents clobbered, disappeared, detained and even killed opposition supporters during the election campaigns as well as after the results were announced in October.