"The country's largest opposition party Chadema was banned from contesting the elections and its leader Tundu Lissu is currently on trial on treason charges. "You'll never have free, fair, transparent elections in Tanzania under the current legal framework," said Deogratias Munishi, spokesman for the largest opposition Chadema. "These elections were completely illegitimate, they were a total sham," he told NPR."
"security forces have launched a deadly crackdown on Tanzanians protesting the election results. Due to a nationwide internet shutdown it's been difficult to get information from the ground, but videos circulated by rights groups show piles of corpses and young protesters with bullet wounds. Munishi says more than 1,000 people have been killed. It's been impossible for NPR to verify casualty figures and the Tanzanian authorities have said they have no figures on the dead and have denied excessive use of force."
President Samia Suluhu Hassan took the oath of office at an inauguration held without public attendance after the electoral commission declared her winner with 98% of the vote. The largest opposition party, Chadema, was banned from contesting and its leader Tundu Lissu faces treason charges after his arrest. Opposition spokesman Deogratias Munishi called the vote illegitimate, accused security forces of a deadly crackdown on protesters, and said videos show corpses and wounded youths amid a nationwide internet shutdown. Munishi alleges more than 1,000 deaths and mass burials; authorities deny excessive force and report no casualty figures. Rights groups reported torture, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during the run-up to the vote.
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