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Detained Tanzania opposition figure says state delaying trial ahead of polls

Tanzania's main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, stands in the dock at a hearing in his treason trial in Dar-es-Salaam on May 19, 2025 [Ericky Boniphace/AFP]

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu accused a court on Wednesday of colluding with the state to delay his treason trial, which carries the death penalty, ahead of elections this year.

Lissu was detained in April, a move denounced by international rights groups and monitors who have called for his release, and has remained in detention since then.

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