Dar es Salaam. A recent move by lawyers representing opposition leader Tundu Lissu to petition the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has elicited mixed reactions from legal and political experts in Tanzania, even as his treason case remains pending before local courts.
Mr Lissu, who serves as Chadema chairman and presidential candidate in the 2020 general election, was arrested last month and charged with treason—a grave offence under Tanzanian law.
