Tanzania backsliding on freedoms under Magufuli: Amnesty, HRW
Tanzanian President John Magufuli speaks during the launch of the Namanga One Stop Border Post at the Tanzania-Kenya border on December 1, 2018. PHOTO | SILA KIPLAGAT | NMG
President John Magufuli has presided over a crackdown on media and civil society in Tanzania that has seriously undermined democratic freedoms as the country approaches elections, global rights groups said Monday.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tanzania was backsliding under Magufuli, whose administration has been accused of jailing journalists, kidnapping activists and assaulting political opponents.
