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Tanzania: Human Rights Defender Mwaipaya abducted

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Tanzania and Kenya. 11/02/2026 By: International Federation For Human Rights (FIDH) Twaha Mwaipaya Social Media Pages. Source: FIDH Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed about th

FIDH - Fédération internationale des droits humains

3 days ago

Tanzania’s Jailed Opposition Plans Hunger Strike

By KHALED KAZZIHA October 24, 2026 FILE -Main opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrives at the High Court of Tanzania as his treason trial continues before a three-judge bench in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Feb 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Florence Majani, File). Source: AP Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu will begin a hunger strike Monday to protest prison authorities’ alleged refusal to allow court-ordered private consultations with his lawyers, his lawyer said Saturday. Lis

AP News

Oct 25

Tanzanian Government Abducts Maasai Villagers

By: Anuradha Mittal October 12, 2026 4:30 PM PDT Maasai protest in Arusha, February 2024. Credit: The Oakland Institute Human rights conditions in northern Tanzania have deteriorated sharply since August, as the Tanzanian government carries out a coordinated campaign of violence and arrests against the Indigenous Maasai. In Ngorongoro, five Maasai were arrested last week; Over 30 community members have been arrested over the last two months; In neighboring Loliondo, thousands

The Oakland Institute

Oct 15

Tanzania Gold Mine Deaths Centre Of London Accreditor Case

By Polina Devitt October 7, 2026 UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The alleged fatal shootings of two illegal artisanal miners, identified only as ZZZ and ZZY, at Tanzania's North Mara gold mine are at the heart of a lawsuit against the London Bullion Market Association that ‌began in London on Wednesday, court documents from bot

Reuters

Oct 9

UK Trial Challenges ‘Responsible Gold’ Certification

Families of Tanzanian Mine Victims Seek Justice Juliane Kippenberg October 1, 2026 North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime district, northwest Tanzania. © 2022 Private An unusual trial will begin next week in London’s High Court: the families of two 23-year-old Tanzanian men who were fatally shot in 2019 at a Canadian-owned gold mine in northern Tanzania are bringing a case against the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), an industry body that oversees the London gold market. Ano

Human Rights Watch

Oct 6

Tanzania: Jailed Opposition Asks, Where Is Ousted VP?

Jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu has joined growing public calls for answers over the whereabouts of former Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi, who has not been seen publicly since his resignation and subsequent expulsion from CCM The Chanzo Reporter September 26, 2026 Dar es Salaam-The jailed Tanzanian opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, has used the minutes after court sessions and during breaks to ask about the whereabouts of ousted Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi. Lissu firs

The Chanzo Reporter

Sep 29

Tanzania: Allegations of Detention Amidst Coerced Returns

By: The Global Detention Project May 28, 2026 Tanzania’s Nyarygusu Refugee Camp is currently scheduled for closure this summer – Source: WFP 2016 The Global Detention Project has received allegations from Burundian refugees in Tanzania that authorities are detaining individuals who leave Nyarugusu refugee camp, imposing movement restrictions on camp residents, and intensifying harassment and intimidation aimed at pressuring Burundian refugees to leave the country. These claim

The Global Detention Project (GDP)

May 28