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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Evelyne Musambi

A Tanzanian opposition leader was arrested briefly amid human rights concerns

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Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu was on Sunday arrested and later released on bail by the police who accused him of unlawful assembly and obstructing police officers.

Lissu was earlier barred from attending a human rights rally in Ngorongoro, in the north of the country. In speeches at other political rallies, he had been critical of the government’s new port deal with a Dubai-based company.

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