Tanzanian opposition leader cleared of treason, sentenced for incitement
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Tanzania's main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, was cleared of treason but convicted of incitement and sentenced to four years in jail on Friday, in a case that rights groups and his supporters say is politically motivated.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same High Court ruling clearing Tundu Lissu of treason; it does not mention the incitement conviction, but nothing it says contradicts Report 1.
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