Tanzania: Authorities Weaponize Counterterrorism Laws to Restrict Civic Space Amid Pervasive Impunity Over Violent Election Crackdown
[AI London] Tanzanian authorities have failed to hold anyone accountable for the violence security forces inflicted on protesters, which left hundreds of people dead and thousands of others injured in the wake of the 2025 general election, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the crackdown.
On the first anniversary of the 2025 Tanzanian election crackdown, Amnesty International has accused the government of weaponizing counterterrorism laws to suppress dissent and avoid accountability for excessive use of force against protesters. Hundreds were killed and thousands injured during the violence, yet not a single official has been criminally investigated or prosecuted.
Instead, the government has withheld a Commission of Inquiry report and intensified crackdowns on civic space, targeting critics, opposition supporters, media, and dissenting members of the ruling party with human rights violations such as torture, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and abductions. The government denies any involvement in the disappearances of opposition figures and journalists, despite Amnesty International verifying charges against those arrested on terrorism-related charges.
Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of the Commission of Inquiry report to ensure transparency and accountability in the investigation of the election-related crackdown.
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