"A Tanzanian court on Friday charged scores of people with treason following violent protests sparked by a controversial election the opposition alleges was illegitimate. According to court filings, those indicted were accused of "intention to obstruct" the October 29 election, as well as intimidating the executive and damaging government property. News agencies Reuters and AFP each reported that well over 100 people were charged, citing legal sources. None of the accused were public figures."
""Some of them they have been beaten, they are sick, they have not received any medical treatment," Paul Kisabo, a lawyer with the Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition told AFP. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Tanzania's election disputed after president wins 98% of vote According to according to Tanzania's electoral commission, President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the election with 98% of the vote."
More than 100 people were charged with treason and accused of "intention to obstruct" following violent protests after an October 29 election that returned President Samia Suluhu Hassan with 98% of the vote. The opposition alleges the election was illegitimate and reports that hundreds were killed in post-election violence. Main opposition actors either boycotted or were disqualified and an opposition leader was imprisoned on treason charges. Reuters and AFP cited legal sources saying none of the accused are public figures. The African Union found the election did not meet international standards, and Amnesty International accused authorities of enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and extrajudicial killings.
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