India, Nov. 10 -- Amnesty International said Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu’s conviction and four-year prison sentence for incitement, following his acquittal on a treason charge, was “a travesty of justice,” according to a statement by its Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah.
Verdict and sentence
Tigere Chagutah said Lissu “should never have been arrested, let alone prosecuted and convicted,” and described the verdict and sentence as “the culmination of a deeply flawed process.” He said Lissu had spent 577 days in “arbitrary detention” solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights.
Chagutah said the conviction and sentence “cannot be considered the outcome of a fair trial.”
Fair trial concern...