Police cancel CUF rally over disorder

Police Grant CUF Permit to Hold Zanzibar Rally
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — POLICE in Zanzibar have permitted the Civic United Front (CUF) to hold a rally at Kibanda-Maiti grounds this afternoon, the Urban-West Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mkadam Khamis, said. "We have okayed the party to hold a peaceful ...

The Civic United Front (CUF) national chairman, Prof Ibrahim Lipumba, yesterday addressed hundreds of supporters at Sisi kwa Sisi Street, Manzese, Dar es Salaam, in the absence of police.

Police yesterday placed Rukungiri Town, the home of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party presidential flag bearer, Dr Kizza Besigye, under a security lockdown and blocked a planned rally the Opposition politician was to address.

Daily Mail
Tanzanian police arrest leading opposition figure at rally
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Tanzanian police arrested a senior opposition figure and 32 supporters, officials said on Wednesday, at an allegedly illegal rally where police used tear gas to scatter demonstrators. Tanzania is due to hold a referendum ...
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The Guardian
Tanzanian police question Masai protest leader before rally
The Guardian
Police in Tanzania broke up a peaceful gathering of hundreds of Masai last week and questioned one of the leaders of a burgeoning campaign against plans to turn their ancestral homeland into a hunting ground for members of the United Arab Emirates royal ...

IPPmedia
Zanzibar police ban opposition rally, cites terror threat
Turkish Press
DODOMA – Police in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, on Saturday banned a public rally by the opposition against the draft constitution, citing terrorist threats. "We don't have problems with opposition here," Zanzibar police spokesperson ...
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IPPmedia
Police testifies in CUF demo case
IPPmedia
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sebastian Zacharia yesterday alleged before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court that he asked the CUF national chairman, Ibrahim Lipumba to obey police orders prohibiting him from holding demonstrations but the ...

Police defend use of force on CUF demonstrators
Daily News
THE police force will continue applying “all reasonable force possible'' when dealing with unruly people irrespective of one's political status or religious belief, Home Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe said. He insisted that no one was above the law and that the ...

Police used excessive force to disperse Civic United Front (CUF) officials and supporters early this year, according to the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG).