Tanzania-UAE port deal: Amnesty International calls for unconditional realease of critics

Between June and August 2023, at least 24 people were arrested — and later released — for criticizing the port deal.

Amnesty Internation statement reads as follows

The Tanzanian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Willibrod Slaa, former parliamentarian and Tanzanian Ambassador to Sweden, Boniface Mwabukusi, a lawyer and activist, and Mdude Nyagali, a political activist, all of whom were arrested between 12 and 13 August simply for criticizing a por…