Lissu, a longtime critic of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party ruling Tanzania since independence in 1961, has been jailed while waiting for the outcome of a trial for treason -- a charge that carries a potential death sentence.
Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu stands in the dock at Kisutu magistrate's court in Dar es Salaam on May 19, 2025.
Detained Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu plans to go on a hunger strike on Monday to demand prison authorities allow him to privately meet his lawyers, his party said.
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