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JF-Expert Member
- Jan 16, 2018
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There is worrying decline in respect for human rights, including the rights to freedom of association, expression and peaceful assembly, in Tanzania. Human rights issues are being precipitously undermined by the unwarranted closure of media outlets, judicial persecution and harassment of independent journalists, the targeted assassination of opposition party members, blanket restrictions on peaceful protests and the introduction and invocation of a raft of laws to undermine freedom of speech online.
Under President John Magufuli, Tanzanians are witnessing
• New legal restrictions criminalizing freedom of expression on social and traditional media
• Suspensions, fines and banning media outlets
• Killings and criminal cases against political opposition members
• Harassment, intimidation arbitrary arrest of peaceful protesters.
On May 4, 2018, Kigoma Urban Member of Parliament Zitto Kabwe (ACT Wazalendo) told the National Assembly that he has a list of 348 people who have gone missing in Mkuranga, Kibiti and Rufiji districts in Coast Region. He said out of these, 68 were confirmed dead.
He expressed his disappointment over the delay of police force to investigate the torture, killings and kidnaping related incidents in the country for a long time.
Previously, on February 25, 2018, an editor of a pro-Magufuli weekly newspaper, Tanzania, announced a list of 9 people who were declared "Watu Hatari" ("dangerous people" in Swahili), that they were a threat to the country's national security. I was one of the 9 people. This petition calls for the Office of the United Nations for Human Rights to conduct independent investigation on human rights violations in Tanzania, particularly the case of 348 people who have gone missing in Mkuranga, Kibiti and Rufiji districts in Coast Region, out of whom, 68 were confirmed dead.
NB:Zinatufutwa sign za watu kama 1000 ili UN wawe eligible kufanya hicho kinachopigiwa debe kufanyika.
Viongozi wa tz mnamjua jambo hilo maana limeanzishwa na mtz lakini anaishi majuu.
Under President John Magufuli, Tanzanians are witnessing
• New legal restrictions criminalizing freedom of expression on social and traditional media
• Suspensions, fines and banning media outlets
• Killings and criminal cases against political opposition members
• Harassment, intimidation arbitrary arrest of peaceful protesters.
On May 4, 2018, Kigoma Urban Member of Parliament Zitto Kabwe (ACT Wazalendo) told the National Assembly that he has a list of 348 people who have gone missing in Mkuranga, Kibiti and Rufiji districts in Coast Region. He said out of these, 68 were confirmed dead.
He expressed his disappointment over the delay of police force to investigate the torture, killings and kidnaping related incidents in the country for a long time.
Previously, on February 25, 2018, an editor of a pro-Magufuli weekly newspaper, Tanzania, announced a list of 9 people who were declared "Watu Hatari" ("dangerous people" in Swahili), that they were a threat to the country's national security. I was one of the 9 people. This petition calls for the Office of the United Nations for Human Rights to conduct independent investigation on human rights violations in Tanzania, particularly the case of 348 people who have gone missing in Mkuranga, Kibiti and Rufiji districts in Coast Region, out of whom, 68 were confirmed dead.
NB:Zinatufutwa sign za watu kama 1000 ili UN wawe eligible kufanya hicho kinachopigiwa debe kufanyika.
Viongozi wa tz mnamjua jambo hilo maana limeanzishwa na mtz lakini anaishi majuu.
