Police blamed for ‘excessive force’ at opposition meetings

Discussants at the debate organised by Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (MNF) in Dar es Salaam yesterday pointed professional weaknesses within the Police Force in the way it maintains law and order ahead of the October 25 General Election.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

20 Sep

Police excessive force condemned

>Thursday excessive use of force by police against journalists who were covering the summoning of the chairman of the main opposition at police headquarters for interrogation has been greeted with wave of condemnation from rights activists and journalist associations.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

21 Aug

Police urged to desist from excessive force

Police urged to desist from excessive force
IPPmedia
The Dodoma constituency parliamentary candidate on Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) ticket, Anthony Mavunde has urged the police force to desist from acts of unnecessary excessive force against the citizenry in the coming election campaigns, instead they ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Oct

Excessive police force in Uganda condemned

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Uganda (OHCHR) has condemned what it called use of excessive force and degrading treatment by police ahead of the 2016 elections.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

22 Jun

JK lauds multipartism, cautions on using excessive force

IPPmedia
JK lauds multipartism, cautions on using excessive force
IPPmedia
President Jakaya Kikwete has said that the introduction of multiparty system in the country has brought hope, trust, expanded participation in the political arena and enhanced means of holding the government accountable. In a statement availed to The ...
Multiparty has enhanced democracy growth, says JKDaily News

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10 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Aug

Opposition criticises Sitta over meetings

>Opposition parties have criticised Constituent Assembly (CA) chairman Samuel Sitta for meeting different groups and receiving their opinions, saying it is against the law.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Apr

Police in Mirerani blamed for laxity

Residents of Mirerani have complained over police officers deliberately delaying to arraign suspects in their bid to solicit bribes.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Marikana deaths: SA police blamed

A South African commission finds police had a "defective" plan to break up a strike at a mine in 2012, which led to the deaths of 34 miners.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

07 May

Police gender desks blamed for lack of privacy

Police gender desks blamed for lack of privacy
Daily News
ALMOST all gender desks at police stations in Zanzibar are unfriendly to victims of abuse, as they do not provide room for privacy, it has been learnt. Sergeant Maua Saleh Juma, and Assistant Inspector of Police Mussa Khamis Abdallah said at a joint meeting ...

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

10 May

PCCB,Judiciary, Police blamed for drop in corruption perception index

PCCB,Judiciary, Police blamed for drop in corruption perception index
IPPmedia
The Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB), the Judiciary and the Police force should take the blame for Tanzania's sharp drop in the global corruption rankings, a section of members of the Parliament said yesterday. The MPs raised their ...

 

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