Tanzania’s Tundu Lissu acquitted of treason, convicted of incitement
Tanzania’s High Court has reportedly acquitted opposition leader Tundu Lissu of treason charges but found him guilty of incitement, in a major development in a trial that has attracted national and international attention, BBC Africa reports. A three-judge panel in Dar es Salaam reportedly ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove a key element of the treason charge against the Chadema leader. “The judges are still delivering their ruling, with the legal reasoning and sentence for the incitement conviction yet to be announced,” BBC stated. Lissu, who has been in detention since April 2025…
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[Claude] Both other reports cover the same verdict in Lissu's case (guilty of incitement, acquitted of treason), with no conflicting facts.
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