After their historic meeting in Belgium, Tanzania’s exiled opposition leader Tundu Lissu urged his supporters to work with President Samia Suluhu.
Mr. Lissu described his conversation with President Samia as productive and thanked him for the chance.
She committed to investigating opposition rights, including the freedom to hold political rallies. Mr. Lissu also demanded that the terrorist prosecution against major opposition politician Freeman Mbowe be dismissed and that his safety be guaranteed if he returned to Tanzania.
In addition, the former presidential candidate requested that the president assure his safety if he returns to the nation and that he be provided all of his rights, including access to medical treatment.
In September 2017, as he was leaving parliament in Dodoma, the opposition leader was shot.
He was taken to Kenya for medical treatment before being flown to Belgium for further treatment.He returned to Tanzania and voted in the contentious 2020 presidential election won by then-President John Magufuli. He returned to Belgium a few days later, claiming it was for security concerns.
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