Tanzania vote won’t be free and fair, warns Amnesty

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Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan. 

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Tanzania’s October elections are facing mounting scrutiny, amid growing fears that they might not be free and fair.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration’s decision to bar key opposition figures from contesting and an intensified campaign of repression against dissenting voices has caused alarm among rights groups and regional observers.