HUMAN RIGHTS IN TANZANIA
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Tanzania: Release Commission of Inquiry Report into Election-Related Killings to Kickstart Accountability Process
April 24, 2026
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Tanzania: Security Forces Used Unlawful Lethal Force in Election Protest Crackdown and ‘Took Away’ Dead Bodies
December 19, 2025
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Tanzania: Unlawful Killings and Other Human Rights Violations Continue Amid Internet and Electricity Blackouts
November 4, 2025
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Tanzania: Authorities Must Investigate Police Use of Force Against Election Day Protesters
October 29, 2025
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Tanzania: Fears Mount Over Disappearance of Government Critic Humphrey Polepole
October 8, 2025
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Tanzania: Torture and Forcible Deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan Activists Must be Urgently Investigated
May 27, 2025
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Tanzania: End Mass Arrests and Arbitrary Detentions of Political Opposition
August 12, 2024 | Tanzania
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Tanzania: Private Business Complicit in Forced Evictions of Maasai Communities by Authorities
August 7, 2024
Report
Business as Usual in Bloodied Land? Role of Businesses in Forced Evictions in Loliondo, Tanzania
August 6, 2024
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Regional human rights bodies struggle to uphold rights amid political headwinds in Africa
October 20, 2020
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Protect Detainees at Risk of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa, Unclog Prisons and Release Prisoners of Conscience
April 20, 2020 | at-risk detainees
