{"id":1557,"date":"2025-11-08T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2025-11-08T18:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T18:41:57","slug":"tanzania-arrests-senior-opposition-figure-as-hundreds-face-treason-charges-protests-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1557","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania arrests senior opposition figure as hundreds face treason charges | Protests News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Opposition party Chadema said that its deputy secretary-general, Amani Golugwa, was arrested early on Saturday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 8 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">8 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Police in Tanzania have arrested a senior opposition official after more than 200 people were charged with treason over a wave of protests against last month\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition party Chadema said that its deputy secretary-general, Amani Golugwa, was arrested early on Saturday. He is the third senior Chadema official in detention, after leader Tundu Lissu and deputy leader John Heche were arrested before the October 29 vote.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The arrest comes a day after more than 200 people were charged with treason for alleged involvement in the protests triggered by the disputed election.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Peter Kibatala told the news agency AFP that more than 250 people \u201cwere arraigned in three separate cases \u2026 and they\u2019re all charged with two sets of offences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first set of offences is a conspiracy to commit treason. And the second set of offences is treason itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who took office in 2021 after the death of her predecessor, won the poll with 98 percent of the vote, according to the electoral commission, but Chadema has branded the election a \u201csham\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said in a statement on X that the government intended to \u201ccripple the Party\u2019s leadership\u201d and \u201cparalyse its operations\u201d, adding that police were now targeting \u201clower levels\u201d, with some being \u201cforced to confess to organising demonstrations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Police confirmed the arrest of Golugwa and nine other people in connection with an investigation into the unrest, which saw security forces launch a crackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police force, in collaboration with other defence and security agencies, is continuing a serious manhunt,\u201d the police said in a statement, adding that Chadema\u2019s Secretary-General John Mnyika and the party\u2019s head of communications, Brenda Rupia, were on its wanted list.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"high-death-toll\">High death toll<\/h2>\n<p>Protests erupted on October 29 in the cities of Dar-es-Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza and Mbeya, as well as several regions across the country, police said in Saturday\u2019s statement, laying out the extent of the unrest for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have so far declined to release the death toll.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church in Tanzania has said that hundreds of people were killed. Chadema has claimed that more than 1,000 people were killed and that security forces had hidden bodies to cover up the scale of the brutality.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya Human Rights Commission, a watchdog group in the neighbouring country, asserted in a statement on Friday that 3,000 people were killed, with thousands still missing.<\/p>\n<p>The commission provided a link to pictorial evidence in its possession showing many victims \u201cbore head and chest gunshot wounds, leaving no doubt these were targeted killings, not crowd-control actions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The African Union said this week that the election \u201cdid not comply with AU principles, normative frameworks, and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AU observers reported ballot stuffing at several polling stations, and cases where voters were issued multiple ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Single-party rule has been the norm in Tanzania since the advent of multiparty politics in 1992. But Hassan is accused of ruling with an iron fist that does not tolerate opposition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposition party Chadema said that its deputy secretary-general, Amani Golugwa, was arrested early on Saturday. 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