Tanzania: Authorities weaponize counterterrorism laws to restrict civic space amid pervasive impunity over violent election crackdown

Tanzanian authorities have failed to hold anyone accountable for the violence security forces inflicted on protesters, which left hundreds of people dead and thousands of others injured in the wake of the 2025 general election, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the crackdown. Instead of delivering justice and accountability, authorities have withheld a […] The post Tanzania: Authorities weaponize counterterrorism laws to restrict civic space amid pervasive impunity over viol