EU Parliament joins calls for Tundu Lissu’s release

Tanzanian opposition Chadema party leader Tundu Lissu at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam on April 10, 2025. 

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The European Parliament on Thursday added its voice to growing calls for the government of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan to drop treason and other charges against opposition leader Tundu Lissu and to allow his party, Chadema, to take part as a genuine participant in general elections later this year.