Tanzania’s post-election violence: No justice after a year

A year after Tanzania’s deadly 2025 post-election crackdown, investigators have identified police units involved and documented apparent abuses. But accountability remains absent and command responsibility unclear. 

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DW has analyzed dozens of videos, spoken to numerous sources on the ground, reviewed advocacy research and internal police guidelines and obtained a leaked police report to piece together how security forces responded during the post-election crackdown.  The evidence DWhas reviewed indicates that police likely acted beyond the scope of their guidelines and training. DW identified cases in which people were killed who were not protesting, where protesters were killed by head wounds, and where protesters were beaten or degraded by people in uniform.

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