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FILE PHOTO: Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera sits inside the Kisutu Residents Magistrate Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania August 5, 2019. [Reuters]
Britain and the United States urged Tanzania on Friday to guarantee due process of law for a journalist arrested on charges that his lawyer and rights groups called politically motivated.
Erick Kabendera was charged on Monday with money laundering, tax evasion and leading organized crime. He was arrested the previous week over what police said were issues concerning his citizenship.
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