#BREAKING: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DENOUNCES TANZANIA’S 2025 OCTOBER ELECTIONS AS NEITHER FREE NOR FAIR
The European Parliament has issued a joint statement condemning Tanzania’s general elections held on 29 October, declaring the process neither free nor fair.
According to leading Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), the elections unfolded in an atmosphere of repression, intimidation, and fear, undermining the democratic principles they were meant to uphold.
They singled out the arrest and treason trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu as emblematic of the collapse of democratic values and judicial independence in Tanzania. Lissu, they said, must be released immediately and unconditionally.
“No election can be credible when the main opposition is silenced, when freedom of assembly and expression are denied, and when independent media are censored,” the statement read.
