How crackdown on critics in EA echoes 1980s push for multiparty democracy

Koigi Wamwere.[Standard]

The recent deportations, abductions and torture of human rights defenders in Tanzania mirror the 1980s struggle for political pluralism in Kenya, which culminated in the 1992 constitutional reforms that introduced multiparty democracy.

The incidents in Tanzania have sparked concerns over what many see as a coordinated effort by East African governments to suppress fundamental rights.