African court rejects appeal by Tanzanian

Court rejects financial scam appeal
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THE Court of Appeal rejected the appeal lodged by 11 accused persons, including officials with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) who challenged a provision under Criminal Procedure Act, preventing bail to persons facing money laundering charges.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) challenging the nullification of terrorist charges against Chadema Defence and Security director, Mr Wilfred Lwakatare.

Appeal Court judge rejects death penalty
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FOR the first time in the country's history, a justice of the Court of Appeal has refused to endorse a death sentence passed against a resident of Bukoba, Dominick Damian, who killed his mother on suspicion that she was bewitching him. While Justices ...

Convict fighting Tanzania Appeal court decision in African Court
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The Alex Thomas versus the Tanzania justice system case comes up before the African Court for Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the case, Thomas, a Tanzanian, is claiming infringement of his basic rights by justice ...
Tanzania: Robbery Convict Seeks Remedy At African CourtAllAfrica.com

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 The East African Court of Justice Appellate Division heard an appeal filed by the Democratic Party (Appellant) against the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC) (1st Respondent) and the Attorneys General of the Republics of Uganda (2nd Respondent), Kenya (3rd Respondent), Rwanda (4th Respondent) and Burundi (5th Respondent).
The matter appeals the decision of the First Instance Division of 26th November 2013 dismissing the case. The case principally challenges the alleged...

The curious case of the man who has been declared a prohibited immigrant (PI) in Tanzania took a dramatic twist at the weekend when Kenyan Immigration officials also ordered him out of their country.

Court rejects MP's request in graft trial
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THE Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam refused to stay proceedings in the bribery trial of Member of Parliament for Bahi, (CCM), Omary Ahmed Badwel (43). Senior Resident Magistrate Hellen Riwa ruled against the legislator after dismissing ...

The Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday refused to drop murder charges against 12 people linked with the building that collapsed in the city centre last year.

>Hopes that the secretary of the Council of Islamic Organisations, Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda, would be granted bail faded yesterday after the Morogoro Magistrate’s Court rejected a plea by the cleric’s counsels to release him on the conditions.