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Freeman Mbowe, chairman of Chadema party, was detained last July in the lakeside town of Mwanza where he was due to attend a conference.

Freeman Mbowe, chairman of Chadema party, was detained last July in the lakeside town of Mwanza where he was due to attend a conference.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzania has freed the leader of the main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, after prosecutors dropped terrorism charges brought against him last year, his party said on Friday. Mbowe, who is the chairman of Chadema party, was detained last July in the lakeside town of Mwanza where he was due to attend a conference on proposals for a new constitution. He was charged in court on July 26, in spite of protests from his party that the charges were politically motivated. The di...

A Tanzanian court on Friday dropped terrorism charges against opposition leader Freeman Mbowe and ordered his immediate release, ending a case that his supporters had branded a politically-motivated bid to crush dissent.

The release of Freeman Mbowe could herald the end of political repression, analysts say.

Rights activists welcomed the move but say the law that allows suspects to be arrested and kept behind bars before investigations are completed should be amended

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzania has freed the leader of the main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, after prosecutors dropped terrorism charges that he had faced since last year, his party said on Friday.

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