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Tanzania jails opposition leader Tundu Lissu for incitement

Delivered the November 6, 2026 verdict

Tundu Lissu spent 577 days in a Tanzanian prison waiting on a treason verdict that could have ended in his execution. On November 6, 2026, a three-judge panel in Dar es Salaam acquitted him of treason, then convicted him of incitement and sentenced him to four years.

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We are satisfied that through his statements, the accused intended to disrupt elections and instigate violence.

from Tanzania jails opposition leader Tundu Lissu for incitement · Updated Yesterday

We sentence you to four years in prison, but the doors are open for appeal.

from Tanzania jails opposition leader Tundu Lissu for incitement · Updated Yesterday