The
past month there have been several illegal arrests of pastoralist human rights
defenders in Loliondo division of Ngorongoro District, Tanzania – where foreign
investors threaten land rights – and four people have been charged with baseless
charges. Even a lawyer assisting these victims of ridiculous, but very dangerous,
malicious prosecution has been targeted. Tanzania Human Rights Defenders
Coalition is calling for wider condemnation of the ongoing harassment.
Update 2
September: The case was postponed until 17th October.
The Public
Prosecutor despite of having been ordered by the Court to deliver complainant
statement according to section 9 (3) of Criminal Procedure , failed to deliver this, but the case will come on 17th
October 2016 to see the status of the prosecution case. There’s an agreement
that this case needs to be conducted on speed.
