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Tanzania jails opposition leader Tundu Lissu for incitement

Serving a four-year sentence for incitement; Chadema filed notice of intention to appeal on November 6, 2026

Tundu Lissu is serving four years for incitement after a three-judge panel in Dar es Salaam acquitted him of treason on November 6, 2026. He had spent 577 days in custody before the verdict, most of it at Ukonga Prison.

Updated 2 days ago

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Excuses were created to imprison me.

from Tanzania jails opposition leader Tundu Lissu for incitement · Updated 2 days ago

I was not charged with incitement but you judges are convicting me with it just to impress the person who gives you the titles.

from Tanzania jails opposition leader Tundu Lissu for incitement · Updated 2 days ago