Tanzania this week went into full defensive mode against allegations of pre-election human rights violations, with vehement denial at the United Nations (UN) and through its police force on the ...

(Nairobi) – Tanzanian authorities have wrongfully arrested alleged protest organizers and opposition supporters ahead of nationwide protests called for December 9, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.

African human rights groups accused President Samia Suluhu’s government of mass killings and human rights abuses following post-election protests They alleged that over 3,000 people were killed, ...

A Kenyan human rights lawyer was expelled from Tanzania on Sunday following her attempt to attend the trial of an opposition figure facing treason charges. Martha Karua—a lawyer, former minister of ...

Red flags about human rights abuses in the run-up to Tanzania’s general elections largely went unanswered by regional and international bodies. The Southern African Coalition of Civil Society ...

The Tanzanian government has intensified political repression, raising grave concerns that the general elections scheduled for October 29, 2025, will not be free and fair. The authorities have ...

Amnesty International reported Monday that Tanzanian authorities have “intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a ...

THE Tanzania Human Rights Report 2025 released by the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has entered the public domain at a moment when the country is still reflecting on the events surrounding the ...

The US and European Union (EU) have mounted a cynical “human-rights” campaign against President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) government, exploiting Tanzania’s brutal ...

Kenyan human rights campaigner Boniface Mwangi broke down in tears Monday as he recounted brutal treatment including "sexual torture" at the hands of Tanzanian security forces which he said left him ...

Tanzania’s human capital development needs are staggering and need to be addressed urgently to reap the benefits of the ongoing demographic transition. Almost half of Tanzanians are under 18 years of ...