Tanzania: Further information on Fear of Torture

Index Number: AFR 56/010/2001
Date Published: 5 June 2001
Categories: Africa, Tanzania

Most of those charged with the murder of a police officer during a demonstration on Pemba Island have been released. However, prisoners of conscience Juma Duni Haji and Machano Khamis Ali remain in detention, despite Zanzibar's Attorney General having ordered their release.