Tanzania: Whereabouts Of Government Critic Unknown

Tanzania held its seventh general election on 29 October 2025 after which President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared winner and sworn in for her second five-year term. The elections came amid a campaign of repression by Tanzanian authorities targeting political opposition parties and individuals and organizations deemed to be critical of the government.

Tanzanian security forces have engaged in a systematic pattern of enforced disappearances targeting opposition supporters – especially those affiliated to the main opposition party CHADEMA, human rights activists, and government critics. This wave of “mysterious abductions” that are rarely acknowledged and investigated by the authorities, reflects the failure of the authorities to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the human rights of everyone in the country.