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Samia crackdown on EAC citizens curtails freedoms and democracy

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has come under sharp criticism over the detention and deportation of lawyers and human rights activists from Kenya and Uganda. [File, Standard]

The East African Community (EAC) Treaty speaks boldly of promoting democracy, the rule of law and protection of human rights, and also envisions a people-centered community.

But are those lofty words and the East African passport slowly becoming meaningless?

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