As an American constitutional lawyer, I have personally litigated cases defending the rights to free expression and due process. These are fundamental principles of human liberty. For that reason, I am closely following the outcome of Tundu Lissu’s trial proceedings, and the broader implications for the rule of law.
#Tanzania: UN experts concerned that 1-year after post-election violence, victims still await publication of findings from Commission of Inquiry. “We condemn patterns of repression against civil society organisations, journalists & #humanrights defenders.”
https://t.co/HLnH22iQQt
We have been enjoined as interested parties in a habeas corpus application by @VOCALAfrica_ seeking the production of Twaha Mwaipaya, reportedly abducted on 25 October in Kamulu, Machakos County.
Kenya has a duty to protect everyone within its borders, including those seeking refuge. Articles 28, 29 and 51 of the Constitution, the 1951 Refugee Convention and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights affirm these obligations. #FreeTwahaMwaipaya
Leo umetimia mwaka mmoja tangu mauaji yaliyofanywa kwa makusudi na vyombo vya dola vya Tanzania dhidi ya Watanzania wasio na hatia.
Mauaji ya October 2025 yalikua yanaweza kuepukika na uchaguzi ukafanyika kwa amani na usalama.
Kwasababu ya kiburi na uchu wa madaraka watawala waliamua kupuuza wito wa mda mrefu wa viongozi wa dini, vyama vya siasa, mashirika yasiyo ya kiserikali na hata watu maarufu ya kutaka mabadiliko ya katiba na sheria za uchaguzi ili kuwezesha uchaguzi huru na haki.
Mpaka sasa mwaka mmoja baadae Nchi iko kwenye mkwamo mkubwa wa kisiasa, watu wanaendelea kutekwa, kuuawawa na kupotezwa.
Kila anaetoa sauti ya kukemea uovu na kutaka maridhiano na uwajibikaji wa kweli anakabiliwa na kifo au mashitaka ya uongo.
Inaonekana hawa watawala wameshindwa kujifunza kwa yale mabaya yaliyotokea, Inaonekana wanafurahia kuendeleza utawala wa mkono wa chuma, udikteta na ubabe, mauaji, utekaji na kunyamazisha badala ya kushawishi na kutatua matatizo.
Kwa kutumia njia hizi mbele ni giza tupu, hakuna sehemu ambayo utawala wa kibabe Umefanikiwa kunyamazisha watu wote, Nchi hii ina watu zaidi ya milioni 70, hakuna siku watu wote hawa watanyamazishwa kwa uongo na kikundi kidogo cha watu kwa kutumia ubabe.
Njia pekee ya kutatua mkwamo huu ni.
1. Kumuachia Mwenyekiti Lissu na kufuta kesi za uongo dhidi ya wanachama wetu wote.
2. Kuachia mateka wote na kusitisha utekaji na mauaji ya kiholela.
3. Kuruhusu msuluhishi huru (mediator) kuleta watu pamoja na kuzungumza kwa ukweli na uwazi.
4.Uwajibikaji bila upendeleo kwa wahusika wa mauaji, kulipa fidia familia za wahanga, kutibu majeruhi wote na kuwapa fidia.
5. Kuruhusu Uchunguzi huru na kuomba radhi mbele ya Watanzania kwa makosa makubwa yaliyofanywa na vyombo vya dola dhidi ya raia wake.
6. Kuandika katiba mpya ya Nchi na sheria za uchaguzi ambazo zitarudisha umoja na haki kwa kila mtu.
7. Kutamka kwa uwazi kwamba makosa kama yale hayatajirudia tena kwenye Nchi yetu.
8. Kuhakikisha familia zinapata miili ya wapendwa wao na kufanya maziko ya heshima, kiafrika na kidini.
Kuendelea kutumia ubabe ni kuchochea chuki, uhasama na visasi kwa siku zinajazo…
Watawala badala ya kutumia chawa na ubabe kujaribu kuhujumu Chadema na uongozi wa Chadema, Tumia busara kufanya jambo sahihi la kuponya Nchi hii.
Tunajua mipango yenu dhidi yetu, lakini haki haijawahi kushindwa.
Endeleeni kupumzika kwa amani wote mliouwawa kikatili na kibabe, poleni majeruhi na wahanga wote.
Haki inaweza kuchelewa Lakini haki itapatikana tu.
Today, the U.S. Embassy community joined me to honor the memory of all those who lost their lives in the violence surrounding Tanzania’s October 2025 general elections. We remember them, and the families who still grieve and seek answers. As I said to the U.S. Senate during my confirmation hearing, this will not be swept under the rug.
@MigunaMiguna@Holyfieldhulk 2013 and 2017 you voted for Uhuru, and 2022 you voted for his deputy when he for Raila. Seems your problem was Raila and now anyone trying to inherit his popularity @edwinsifuna