Tanzania’s Post-Election Crackdown: Widespread Violence, Arrests, and Suppression of Civic Freedoms Published at 24.11.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: bureaucratic restriction censorship excessive force HRD detained HRD prosecuted internet restriction intimidation killing of protestors political interference protest protest disruption protestor(s) detained release of HRDs youth Read more
Government intensifies crackdown on opposition & online spaces ahead of 2025 elections Published at 26.10.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling attack on HRD release of HRDs HRD detained enforced disappearance internet restriction political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Abductions and Restricted Trials Documented Ahead of the elections Published at 29.08.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure transnational repression harassment HRD detained torture/ill-treatment political interference bureaucratic restriction censorship Read more
Political Repression escalates ahead of elections, apparent coordinated cross-border repression of HRDs a cause for concern Published at 30.05.2025 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment transnational repression HRD detained sexual assault torture/ill-treatment political interference surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Media workers continue to be a target Published at 31.12.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD intimidation attack on journalist HRD killing internet restriction censorship journalist detained Read more
authorities clamp down on freedoms ahead of local and general elections Published at 31.08.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained journalist detained political interference release of HRDs Read more
New report: Tanzania improves in press freedom ranking, but violations continue Published at 30.06.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs positive CS development HRD detained censorship journalist detained Read more
Tanzania's opposition holds country's first major protests in seven years Published at 29.03.2024 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained protest internet restriction censorship Read more
Censorship takes front seat as authorities target government critics Published at 02.10.2023 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: indigenous groups intimidation release of HRDs attack on journalist HRD detained internet restriction prevention of protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened land rights Read more
Reprieve for Maasai protestors, MPs mull tougher anti-LGBTQI+ law Published at 28.04.2023 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI indigenous groups positive CS development HRD acquitted land rights Read more
Reprieve proves elusive for Maasai community protesting evictions Published at 01.11.2022 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI indigenous groups CSO closure negative court ruling protest land rights Read more
President Suluhu acts on promise to expand media freedoms, arbitrary arrests of journalists continue Published at 17.05.2022 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: self censorship indigenous groups release of HRDs harassment positive CS development protest enabling law journalist detained land rights Read more
systematic crackdown on dissent continues Published at 30.11.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: women political interference release of HRDs harassment censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Attacks, pressure on dissent and opposition unrelenting Published at 20.09.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: office raid political interference censorship harassment time,place restrictions protestor(s) detained protest Read more
More commitments to improve press freedom Published at 06.07.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development journalist detained enabling law Read more
Concerns over media freedom remain despite positive presidential signals Published at 29.04.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship journalist detained political interference enabling law Read more
2020 elections marred with gross irregularities spark growing concern for civic space in Tanzania Published at 12.03.2021 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD release of HRDs harassment HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction killing of protestors violent protest political interference HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted time,place restrictions Read more
More restrictions reported ahead of October election Published at 19.10.2020 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference office raid attack on HRD CSO closure intimidation Read more
Authorities embark on major crackdown on expression amid COVID-19 and ahead of elections Published at 08.09.2020 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling LGBTI office raid attack on HRD CSO closure criminal defamation restrictive law censorship journalist detained Read more
Tanzania: Dissidents and critics bear heavy brunt of increasing restrictions on expression Published at 22.04.2020 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI release of HRDs HRD detained negative court ruling censorship protestor(s) detained HRD threatened HRD prosecuted Read more
Government tightens reins on civic freedoms during the last year Published at 14.01.2020 Country Tanzania Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI attack on HRD refugees and migrants intimidation harassment release of HRDs HRD detained travel ban torture/ill-treatment political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship journalist detained HRD threatened Read more
