Tanzania and Zanzibar
Since his election as Tanzania’s president in October 2015, President John Pombe Magufuli has restricted basic rights through repressive laws and decrees. Critical journalists, opposition politicians, and outspoken civil society activists have faced threats, arbitrary detention, and harassing criminal charges. The government banned at least three newspapers for alleged criticism of the president. Authorities have also violated the rights of LGBT people and their advocates. While the government made some progress in expanding access to free secondary education, it reinforced a discriminatory ban on pregnant students. It further stalled on a legal reform process to increase the age of marriage to 18 for boys and girls.

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Tanzania: Burundian Refugees ‘Disappeared,’ Tortured
Halt Forced Returns; Investigate Police, Intelligence Services
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Tanzania: Freedoms Threatened Ahead of Elections
Authorities Crack Down on Opposition Parties, Rights Groups, Media
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Tanzania: Burundian Refugees ‘Disappeared,’ Tortured
Halt Forced Returns; Investigate Police, Intelligence Services
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Bullying, Violence Common in Schools Worldwide
Governments Should Urgently Tackle Education-Related Abuses
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Tanzania: Freedoms Threatened Ahead of Elections
Authorities Crack Down on Opposition Parties, Rights Groups, Media
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Public Interest Litigation Under Threat in Tanzania
Latest in Restrictions on Political and Civil Rights
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Tanzania: Prisoners’ Rights Ignored in Covid-19 Response
Ensure Access to Lawyers, Decongest Prisons
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Immediate Measures to Protect the Rights of Prison Detainees in Tanzania
Joint CSO Letter to President John Magufuli
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