Schlagwort: Amnesty International

Authorities in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar have mounted a campaign of intimidation, arbitrary detention and subsequent release of opposition leaders from the ACT-Wazalendo party following contested elections. Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, said:

Responding to the acts of violence and infringements on fundamental freedoms that have marred election campaigning in Côte d’Ivoire ahead of the polls on 31 October, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said:

President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s first year in office has been characterized by a steep rise in executions, with four people put to death since his inauguration, Amnesty International said today.