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Waliopewa dhamana ya kubeba ngao ya Taifa wana wajibu mkubwa zaidi kudumisha HAKI na AMANI, UHURU na UMOJA.

Joined October 2012
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Samia’s delegation in Vatican vaticannews.va/sw/pope/news/… trying to clean her image globally. Meeting His Holiness Pope Leo XVI does not legitimise an unconstitutional government that massacred its citizens, nor does it cleanse the killer Samia Suluhu Hassan. @SuluhuSamia ,@ikulumawasliano @j_kabudi The World knows what you have done, and Vatican knows its details in advance. @VaticanNews @EWTN @EWTNews. So, the right and straightforward action is Samia to step down with its illegitimate government having killed people who boycotted the general election deliberately, and followed majority of youth in their homes and social places. These are some of the thousands of people who were killed deliberately by Samia Suluhu Hassan. Just to refresh your memories. #Samia&CCMustGo
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Yaani huyu hakimu na mawakili wa CCM hawana akili. Wameshindwa hata kujifunza kupitia hata hizi clip mbona wameaibka sana. Wamejivua nguo makalio yako wazi
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Thanks Hon. Martha Karua for this action. @MarthaKarua PRESS STATEMENT | 06 November 2026 “Tundu Lissu’s Acquittal must be followed by his immediate release.”
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PRESS STATEMENT | 06 November 2026 “Tundu Lissu’s Acquittal must be followed by his immediate release.”
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TUNDU LISSU!!!
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Aisee akina Jaji Nduguru mnaenda kuweka historia MBOVU kukubali kuandikiwa na kupewa hukumu ya Kimama kiuaji! 😁 @iGaddo kawachora wote ni kangaroo 😂 Historia imeshaanza kuwahukumu! Mungu atamaliza andiko la maisha yenu! This is your LAST chance! #FreeTunduLissu
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Kama nilivyosema - Tundu Lissu hastahili kukaa hata siku moja zaidi jela! Ndo maana leo wanakimbizana na watu barabarani na kunyanganya simu Hamtaweza kuwa on full alert miaka 4 eleweni! Na hamtapata break kimataifa! Mwachieni Tundu Lissu kama mnataka nchi utulilie! Otherwise #NoJusticeNoPeace ✊🏽
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“Kwa kuwa Wakili wa Serikali amezungumza hayo, naomba nijibu hoja zake sasa. Wakili wa Serikali amezungumzia Kifungu cha 35, ambapo ameomba Mahakama itoe adhabu kali. Amesema kuwa adhabu ya juu ni kifungo cha miaka mitano, faini au vyote viwili kwa pamoja. Sasa, Waheshimiwa Majaji, sheria inapoweka adhabu ya aina hiyo, yaani kifungo au faini au vyote viwili kwa pamoja, Mahakama inatakiwa kufanya nini? Wakili wa Serikali amesema hana uhakika kama nimewahi kukutwa na hatia. Sasa, nawaambieni wazi kwamba sijawahi kutiwa hatiani katika maisha yangu yote. Kwa hiyo, mnapofikiria adhabu ya kutoa kwa lile mnaloliita kosa, msisahau kwamba mtakuwa mnatoa adhabu kwa mtu ambaye hajawahi kupatikana na hatia katika maisha yake yote. Waheshimiwa Majaji, nina tumaini kwamba mnafahamu kuwa nina msiba mkubwa sana. Nimempoteza mtu ambaye amenifanya kuwa nilivyo leo; mtu aliyenifanya kuwa Mwanasheria na ambaye amenilea. Kwa sababu sikuweza kumuuguza, nilikuwa na matumaini kwamba, kwa kuwa Mahakama ingeona ukweli kwamba sijafanya kosa, ningepata nafasi ya kwenda kumzika Mzee Alute. Lakini, inaonekana, Waheshimiwa Majaji, kwamba jambo hilo halipo katika fikra zenu. Mtu huyu amefariki, na habari za msiba wake zimeandikwa katika magazeti kila mahali. Nilikuwa na matumaini ya kupata nafasi ya kutimiza wajibu wangu wa kifamilia, yaani kwenda kumzika mtu huyu aliyenilea. Katika shauri hilo, Waheshimiwa Majaji, Bunge lilisema kwamba pale ambapo sheria inaweka adhabu mbadala tatu, yaani kifungo, faini au vyote viwili, Mahakama lazima ianze kwa kutoa adhabu ya faini. Kwa hiyo, mnapotafakari ombi la Wakili wa Serikali la kutoa adhabu kali, msisahau kwamba sheria inawaelekeza kuanza na adhabu ya faini.” Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu, 6 Novemba 2026, Mahakama Kuu ya Tanzania, katika hukumu ya kesi yake ya uhaini.
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Tundu Lissu has been detained for over 18 months solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights. Ahead of Friday’s judgment, release him immediately and unconditionally, drop all charges, and ensure he does not face the death penalty. #FreeTunduLissu @SuluhuSamia
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#TunduLissu speaks to the High Court of Tanzania, 6 November 2026 (quotes translated from observer's live report) The judges found treason NOT PROVED, then convicted him of "incitement," an offence he was never charged with. Lissu responded: "Leo ni siku ya 577 nikiwa gerezani kwa kuitwa Mhaini." (Today is my 577th day in prison, called a traitor.) "Kosa nililoshtakiwa nalo halikuwa kosa na nyie wenyewe mmesema halikuwa kosa, kwahiyo nilikaa siku 577 Gereza la Ukonga bila kosa lolote." (The offence I was charged with was not an offence, and you yourselves have said so. So I spent 577 days in Ukonga Prison without any offence.) "Ni political persecution, hivyo inabidi visababu vitengenezwe vya kumfunga huyu mpinzani wao wa kisiasa, na visababu vyenyewe ni kosa la uchochezi ambalo nyie Majaji mmelitengeneza." (It is political persecution. Pretexts must be manufactured to jail this political opponent, and the pretext is the offence of incitement which you judges have created.) "Historia haijawa na wema sana kwa Majaji ambao wamegeuza Mahakama zao kuwa mahali pa kuadhibia wasiokuwa na hatia ili kuwaridhisha walioko madarakani." (History has not been kind to judges who turn their courts into places for punishing the innocent to please those in power.) "Huombi msamaha unapokuwa huna hatia. I am completely innocent." (You do not ask for forgiveness when you are innocent.) The prosecution is asking for a severe sentence, up to five years plus a fine.
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Urgent: Arrests of civilians and internet shutdown in Tanzania on the day of the Tundu Lissu judgement. I am writing to draw your urgent attention to events unfolding in Tanzania today, Friday 6 November 2026, the day on which judgement is expected in the case against Tundu Lissu. According to accounts from people who escaped arrest, police have detained a number of peaceful civilians this morning. Some of those detained were reportedly taken from St. Joseph Cathedral in Dar es Salaam, a place of worship where people would ordinarily expect to be safe. The whereabouts of those taken remain unknown at the time of writing. In addition, internet access across the country has been cut. Social media can only be reached through VPN services, which severely limits the ability of citizens, journalists, and families to share information or confirm the safety of those detained. I respectfully ask that all people of Tanzania and the world: 1. Monitor and document these arrests and the internet shutdown. 2. Call on the Tanzanian authorities to disclose the location and legal status of all persons detained, and to release those held for peaceful conduct. 3. Urge the restoration of full internet access. So far, the initial judgement is that Tundu Lissu is not guilty of Treason We will share further verified information as it becomes available. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please circulate and share widely with your colleagues and wider networks. @MariaSTsehai @mangekimambi @lifeofmshaba @Liberatus80 @Mwabuk2Boniface @HildaNewton21 @UKMissionGeneva @UNHumanRights @aliciakearns @KemiBadenochHQ @USAmbTanzania @UKParliament @SenateForeign @andyburnham @Europarl_EN @IAMartin_ @MwangiBonnie @bbcswahili @dwnews @LarryMadowo
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#TunduLissu speaks to the High Court of Tanzania, 6 November 2026 (quotes translated from observer's live report) The judges found treason NOT PROVED, then convicted him of "incitement," an offence he was never charged with. Lissu responded: "Leo ni siku ya 577 nikiwa gerezani kwa kuitwa Mhaini." (Today is my 577th day in prison, called a traitor.) "Kosa nililoshtakiwa nalo halikuwa kosa na nyie wenyewe mmesema halikuwa kosa, kwahiyo nilikaa siku 577 Gereza la Ukonga bila kosa lolote." (The offence I was charged with was not an offence, and you yourselves have said so. So I spent 577 days in Ukonga Prison without any offence.) "Ni political persecution, hivyo inabidi visababu vitengenezwe vya kumfunga huyu mpinzani wao wa kisiasa, na visababu vyenyewe ni kosa la uchochezi ambalo nyie Majaji mmelitengeneza." (It is political persecution. Pretexts must be manufactured to jail this political opponent, and the pretext is the offence of incitement which you judges have created.) "Historia haijawa na wema sana kwa Majaji ambao wamegeuza Mahakama zao kuwa mahali pa kuadhibia wasiokuwa na hatia ili kuwaridhisha walioko madarakani." (History has not been kind to judges who turn their courts into places for punishing the innocent to please those in power.) "Huombi msamaha unapokuwa huna hatia. I am completely innocent." (You do not ask for forgiveness when you are innocent.) The prosecution is asking for a severe sentence, up to five years plus a fine. Sentence is still to come.
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Akiwasilisha mitigating factors, Lissu anasema: "Historia haijawahi kuwa nzuri kwa Majaji wanaofunga watu wasio na hatia ili wamridhishe mteule. Hilo kosa la uchochezi mmelitafuta wenyewe Majaji kumsaidia mteule wenu." What a Man!
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#UPDATES_KESI_YA_UHAINI Part 500 Mhe. Lissu amemaliza kuteta jambo na Mawakili wake, Mawakili wanarudi kwenye nafasi zao. Mhe. Lissu anasema Waheshimiwa majaji nashukuru kwa nafasi, naomba mnisikilize kwa umakini na muandike kwa umakini. Leo ni siku ya 577 nikiwa gerezani kwa kuitwa Mhaini, kosa ambalo kwa katiba ya nchi yetu ndio kosa kubwa kuliko yote katika Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania. Ndio kosa pekee lililotamkwa katika katiba, kosa ambalo kwa mujibu wa kifungu cha 39(2)(d) cha Kanuni ya Adhabu, adhabu yake inaweza kuwa kifo baada ya siku 577 za hilo wingu jeusi la adhabu ya kifo kuning’ing’inia juu ya kichwa changu, mmeniita mchochezi kosa ambalo halijapangiwa adhabu. Mmeniita mchochezi na Wakili wa Serikali Mkuu anahangaika kutafuta adhabu yake ni nini???? Maana yake ni nini waheshimiwa majaji? Kosa nililoshtakiwa nalo halikuwa kosa na nyie wenyewe mmesema halikuwa kosa, kwahiyo nilikaa siku 577 Gereza la Ukonga bila kosa lolote. Waheshimiwa majaji kauli yenu kwamba halikuwa kosa mmekubaliana na msimamo wangu na ushahidi wangu. Kuna kitu kimoja hamjakisema na nitakisema for the record na ushahidi wangu umethibitisha kwamba hii ilikuwa ni kesi ya kisiasa tuu, kugeuza Mahakama ya jinai kuwa uwanja wa mapambano ya kisiasa. Kwa hukumu yenu ya leo mmethibitisha hilo, ni Political persecution, hivyo inabidi visababu vitengenezwa vya kumfunga huyu mpinzani wao wa kisiasa na visababu vyenyewe ni kosa la uchochezi ambalo nyie Majaji mmelitengeneza, sikushtakiwa kwa uchochezi, nilishtakiwa nje ya uhaini. Nilishtakiwa kwa kusambaza taarifa za uongo, mmetafuta kosa ambalo halikuwepo, with all due respect mmefanya hivi kwasababu ya maelekezo ya kisiasa, hana kosa ila asiachiwe hivi hivi ataonekana ameshinda, Serikali itaaibika, anayetupa Ujaji ataaibika, ndivyo mlivyofanya leo. Ninajua mnahukumu, ninajua, I feel it in my heart kwa bahati mbaya sana mmefanya kile ambacho Mahakama kuu ya Kenya ilikifanya mwaka 1954 kwenye kesi ya Jomo Kenyatta. Mahakama Kuu ya Kenya ilimpata na hatia Mzee Kenyatta ingawa historia ilikuwa inajua kuwa hamna kosa lolote, ndicho ambacho mmefanya leo Waheshimiwa majaji. Historia haijawa na wema sana kwa Majaji ambao wamegeuza Mahakama zao kuwa mahali pakuadhibia wasiokuwa na hatia ili kuwaridhisha walioko madarakani kwasababu mnaadhibu mtu ambaye mnajua hana hatia na Dunia inajua hana hatia. Waheshimiwa Majaji Wasiokuwa na hatia kama mimi huwa hawaombi msamaha, unaomba msamaha kama una hatia au kama umekosa. Huombi msamaha unapokuwa huna hatia, nataka niwe very clear kuwa haya nitakayoyasema yasichukuliwe kuwa naomba msamaha, I am completely innocent lakin kwa vile Wakili mkuu wa Serikali amezungumza naomba nimjibu, Kwanza kabisa, amesema kwenye kifungu cha 35 ambacho amekiombea adhabu kali amesema adhabu ya juu ni kifungo cha miaka 5 au faini au vyote viwili. Sheria inapotoa adhabu ya aina hiyo faini au kifungo, Mahakama inatakiwa ifanye nini? katika kesi ya Salum Shaban vs R (1985) TLR 71 ambapo Mahakama hii ilisema pale ambapo Bunge limetoa option ya faini au kifungo, Mahakama lazima itoe kwanza adhabu ya faini kwanza. Kwahiyo mnapotafakari adhabu kali iliyoombwa na Wakili Mkuu wa Serikali msije mkasahau msimamo huu wa kisheria ikiwemo kesi ya Alice Nyawira Ndungu vs R Criminal Appeal No 40 of 2022, Elias Ndikumana vs R Criminal Appeal No 39 of 2022 na mashauri mengine mengi ambayo nina uhakika mnayafaham. Kuna maneno yamezungumzwa hapa na Wakili Mkuu wa Serikali, amejigeuza kuwa shahidi, amesema kwamba haya makosa ya uchochezi yamekuwa ni makosa mengi sana kwa mujibu wa taarifa za polisi, na kwa mujibu wa hotuba ya Jaji Mkuu Mstaafu Mohamed Chande Othman. Part 501 itaendelea kwenye post inayofuata. Naomba Repost yako.
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Oh look, after the prosecution spectacularly failed to prove treason, Section 319(1)–(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act is suddenly the hero of the day. The court may now “substitute a lesser offence where the evidence supports one.” How convenient. They couldn’t make treason stick, so the fallback is sedition (or whatever lesser charge they can stretch the same thin evidence into). Same prison cell, same result, just a slightly less dramatic label on the charge sheet. Classic “we lost the case but still get to keep him locked up” legal manoeuvre. Nothing says “independent judiciary” quite like having a ready-made Plan B to ensure the outcome was never really in doubt. @USAmbTanzania @usembassytz @EUinTZ @dkmaraga @davidmcallister @SFRCdems @tedcruz @UNHumanRights @UKinTanzania #FreeTunduLissu
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Naona majaji wanasoma hukumu la kimama 🙄 wametoka kwenye Uhaini wanasema kosa dogo la Uchochezi! Mbona mashahidi hawakuja kuongelea uchochezi - focus ilikuwa uhaini! Samia Suluhu FEARS Tundu Lissu so much - what a coward 🚮 Acquit Tundu Lissu - achaneni na kosa dogo majaji! #FreeTunduLissu
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Statement by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders, at Tanzania's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Taarifa ya Balozi wa Haki za Binadamu wa Uingereza, Eleanor Sanders, katika Mapitio ya Mara kwa Mara ya Hali ya Haki za Binadamu nchini Tanzania, yaliyofanyika mbele ya Baraza la Haki za Binadamu mjini Geneva. “Tunaendelea kuwa na wasiwasi mkubwa kuhusu vurugu zinazohusiana na uchaguzi wa Tanzania wa Oktoba 2025, ikiwemo ripoti za matumizi ya nguvu kupita kiasi na vyombo vya usalama pamoja na upotevu mkubwa wa maisha. Tunasikitika kwamba ripoti ya Tume ya Uchunguzi haikuchapishwa, na tunasisitiza umuhimu wa uwajibikaji pamoja na maridhiano jumuishi. Tunatambua maoni ya Kikundi Kazi cha Umoja wa Mataifa kuhusu Kuwekwa Kizuizini kiholela, kwamba kuwekwa kizuizini kwa kiongozi wa upinzani, Tundu Lissu, ni kitendo cha kiholela na kinazua wasiwasi mkubwa kuhusu haki yake ya kupata kesi iliyopo katika misingu ya haki. gov.uk/government/speeches/5…
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BREAKING: #TunduLissu treason judgement, Dar es Salaam, 6 November 2026 The High Court has today found that the prosecution FAILED to prove treason. In its own words, there was "no direct evidence" that Lissu intended to intimidate the government, and the evidence "falls short" of proving the charge. The court also found: 1. Calling for reforms is not a threat to the government. 2. Provocative political speech is not automatically a crime. 3. There is no evidence Lissu published the video on Jambo TV, and no video was ever produced in court. That should have been the end of the case. Instead, the judges have turned to a charge Lissu was never accused of: "incitement" under section 390 of the Penal Code. The court itself admitted, citing DPP v. Zombe, that it cannot substitute a lesser offence without giving the accused notice and a right to be heard. No treason. No video. No notice. No hearing on this new charge. What we are watching is not a trial but the search for any route to keep Tundu Lissu in prison. The world must watch. Share widely. @AmnestyEARO @amnesty @AmnestyKenya @idualliance @dwnews @BBCWorld @cnnbrk @AJEnglish @LarryMadowo @aliciakearns @andyburnham @KemiBadenochHQ @SenTedCruz @USAmbTanzania @foreign_uk @MariaSTsehai @lifeofmshaba @HildaNewton21 @mangekimambi @MwangiBonnie @Liberatus80 @TitoMagoti @IAMartin_
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As the High Court of Tanzania delivers its judgment today in the legally bankrupt treason trial of CHADEMA Party Leader Tundu Lissu, I stand in unwavering solidarity with him and the people of Tanzania. The future of our Jumuia does not belong to neocolonial puppets, corrupt elites, or captured states. It belongs to deep structural reforms, constitutionalism (Ukatiba), and Pan-African solidarity anchored firmly in democratic values and human dignity. The march towards true Reform–Mageuzi is unstoppable. Kumekucha! @TunduALissu @ChademaTZ2 @MariaSTsehai @judiciarytz @TitoMagoti @HecheJohn
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"Tumeangalia kauli zilizotolewa na mshtakiwa. Tumeona hakuna ushahidi wa moja kwa moja kuwa alilenga kuitishia serikali. Tumeangalia tafsiri ya shahidi wa 1, 2 & 16 tumeona ni nadharia, haziwezi kuthibitisha kuwa mshtakiwa alilenga kuitishia serikali." - Mahamama Kuu 6.11.'26
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