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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Tanzanian opposition leader to represent himself in court over treason charges

Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party, Tundu Lissu, reacts at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 2 June 2025. REUTERS - Emmanuel Herman

Tanzania's opposition leader Tundu Lissu told a court on Monday that he had been denied his basic legal rights and that he would defend himself against a treason charge that carries the death penalty.

Wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words "No Reforms, No Election," the Tanzanian politician Tundu Lissu told the judge that, despite not being sentenced yet, he has been placed in the prison's death row section.

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