“ Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema, has made shocking accusations against the police, saying that forces have not only killed thousands of people in a brutal crackdown on protests, but are now secretly destroying the bodies of those killed. Source: CNN Details: According to the opposition, the bloody massacre was the authorities’ response to mass protests that erupted across the country after the scandalous presidential election in which incumbent Samia Suluhu Hasan won in the absence of real competition. Literally: “The opposition Chadema party was banned from last week’s parliamentary and presidential elections. Its leader, Tunda Lissa, was detained on charges of treason after the Hassan government accused him of plotting to disrupt the October 29 election.” Details: On Wednesday, Tanzania’s main opposition party told CNN it had documented around 2,000 deaths in the crackdown on protests. According to Chadema communications director Brenda Rupia, the police not only shot demonstrators, but also destroyed their bodies to hide the scale of the violence. “Every day we find and confirm that many people have died in different regions,” said Rupiya. The most frightening is the accusation of an attempt to hide the scale of the tragedy. “Most of the bodies are still in the hospitals and the police are not allowing people to take the bodies… The police have thrown away more than 400 bodies. We don’t even know where they were taken,” she added. The Tanzanian government previously called the opposition figures “significantly exaggerated”, but did not provide its own estimate of the number of casualties. The president herself, taking the oath for a second term, acknowledged the fact that people had died during the protests, but did not name any figures. CNN was unable to reach government and police officials for comment on the allegations. The situation is complicated by the fact that the police have banned citizens from sharing photos and videos “that provoke panic” on the Internet, after footage of the bodies of the dead began to appear online. The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch has accused the Tanzanian government of using “lethal force” against peaceful demonstrators. The African Union Commission said it was “extremely concerned” by the scale of the violence and noted that a nationwide internet blackout made it difficult to verify the death toll. In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Canada, Norway and Great Britain pointed to “credible reports of a large number of dead and seriously wounded” and condemned the persecution of the opposition and journalists. Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the country remains tense and full of fear. “A lot has happened in the last three or four days since the election, and I know the worst is yet to come,” Rupiah told CNN by phone from an undisclosed location in Tanzania, fearing for her own safety.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: CNN
Details: According to the opposition, the bloody massacre was the authorities’ response to mass protests that broke out across the country after a scandalous presidential election in which incumbent Samia Suluhu Hassan won in the absence of real competition.
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Literally: “The opposition Chadema party was banned from last week’s parliamentary and presidential elections. Its leader, Tunda Lissa, was detained on charges of treason after the Hassan government accused him of plotting to disrupt the October 29 election.”
Details: On Wednesday, Tanzania’s main opposition party told CNN it had documented around 2,000 deaths in the crackdown on protests. According to Chadema communications director Brenda Rupia, the police not only shot demonstrators, but also destroyed their bodies to hide the scale of the violence.
“Every day we find and confirm that many people have died in different regions,” said Rupiya.
The most frightening is the accusation of an attempt to hide the scale of the tragedy.
“Most of the bodies are still in the hospitals and the police are not allowing people to take the bodies… The police have thrown away more than 400 bodies. We don’t even know where they were taken,” she added.
The Tanzanian government previously called the opposition figures “significantly exaggerated”, but did not provide its own estimate of the number of casualties.
The president herself, taking the oath for a second term, acknowledged the fact that people had died during the protests, but did not name any figures.
CNN was unable to reach government and police officials for comment on the allegations. The situation is complicated by the fact that the police have banned citizens from sharing photos and videos “that provoke panic” on the Internet, after footage of the bodies of the dead began to appear online.
The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch has accused the Tanzanian government of using “lethal force” against peaceful demonstrators.
The African Union Commission said it was “extremely concerned” by the scale of the violence and noted that a nationwide internet blackout made it difficult to verify the death toll.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Canada, Norway and Great Britain pointed to “credible reports of a large number of dead and seriously wounded” and condemned the persecution of the opposition and journalists.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the country remains tense and full of fear.
“A lot has happened in the last three or four days since the election, and I know the worst is yet to come,” Rupiah told CNN by phone from an undisclosed location in Tanzania, fearing for her own safety.