Tundu Lissu judgment: How Tanzania’s shrinking civic space reflects a wider African crisis
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Tundu Lissu faced the possibility of a death sentence. Instead, Tanzania’s High Court on November 6, 2026, convicted the opposition leader of incitement and sentenced him to four years in prison, acquitting him of treason. The ruling spared Lissu the most severe punishment available under the treason charge but left him behind bars after more […]