Ushahidi wa udikteta unazidi kukusanywa siku flan akienda Ulaya na Marekani ndo atawafahamu vizuri waandishi wa kimataifa ,
Newsletter Pics - Thumbnail =>- CUF_at_LI_2016.jpg CUF leader at LI: Democracy in Tanzania in serious danger
Monday 11 July 2016 18:07
The winner of last October's elections in Zanzibar, Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, along with a high-level delegation from Liberal International's (LI) full member in Tanzania - the Civic United Front (CUF) - started his European tour at LI headquarters. The CUF delegation raised the alarm about the increase in human rights violations in Zanzibar - including detention without trial and limiting freedom of expression.
"What is happening now is oppression” said the CUF Secretary General Seif Sharif Hamad. He discussed the peaceful and democratic resistance by the opposition after having had their election victory snatched by the government of Tanzania in October 2015. The Zanzibari leader warned that “the government is acting to make sure that CUF is not operating," and called on the international community to recognise and “act to prevent” the potential instability that the denial of democracy might lead to in an already volatile region.
Welcoming the delegation to the international house of liberalis, LI Secretary General Emil Kirjas reminded of the immediate reaction of the LI President Dr Juli Minoves after the October 2015 elections, when he sent an unequivocal message to the Tanzanian authorities to “respect and ratify the electoral will of Zanzibaris” and to “celebrate plural democracy”.
On behalf of LI, Kirjas expressed his full support to the Tanzanian colleagues saying “you are not alone in this struggle.” LI Secretary General said: “All of us in the international liberal community will do everything in our power to ensure that your lives are protected and that the expressed will of the majority of the people of Zanzibar will be respected in the end and that the Civic United Front with Maalim Seif will be forming a government of development and prosperity of Zanzibar.”