Tanzania’s High Court has 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.
The three-judge panel in Dar es Salaam ruled that prosecutors failed to prove a key Breakingof the treason charge against the Chadema chairman.
The judges are still delivering their ruling, with the legal reasoning and sentence for the incitement conviction yet to be announced
Lissu, who has been in detention since April 2025, had denied the alle of the treason charge against the Chadema chairman.
The judges are still delivering their ruling, with the legal reasoning and sentence for the incitement conviction yet to be announced.
Lissu, who has been in detention since April 2025, had denied the allegations, saying his remarks were part of a legitimate campaign for electoral reforms ahead of last year’s disputed general election. prosecutors failed to prove a key element of the treason charge against the Chadema chairman.
The judges are still delivering their ruling, with the legal reasoning and sentence for the incitement conviction yet to be announced.
Lissu, who has been in detention since April 2025, had denied the allegations, saying his remarks were part of a legitimate campaign for electoral reforms ahead of last year’s disputed general election.
Source: BBC