Tanzania opposition leader Lissu sentenced to 4 years for incitement, acquitted of treason

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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday after being convicted of incitement but was acquitted of the more serious charge of treason.

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday after being convicted of incitement but was acquitted of the more serious charge of treason.

Lissu, the chairperson of the Chadema party, was found guilty of inciting people to disrupt last year’s election.

The three-judge panel in Dar es Salaam ruled, however, that prosecutors had failed to prove he intended to intimidate the government. The treason charge carried a possible death sentence.

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