Tanzania charged more than 100 people on Friday with treason over their alleged involvement in protests around the country's disputed October 29 election, according to two judicial sources.
According to one judicial source, 138 people were charged in a court in the economic capital Dar es Salaam, while another source reported that more than 100 people were being prosecuted.
A charge sheet seen by AFP said they were accused of having "the intention to obstruct" the election and intimidate the executive by causing serious damage to government property.
Tanzania is reeling from violence following an election that international observers say fell short of a free and fair vote.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who took office in 2021 after the death of her predecessor, took more than 97 percent of the vote, according to an official tally.
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The authorities face questions over the death toll after security forces tried to quell riots and opposition protests in the East African country.
The main opposition party, Chadema, has claimed that more than 1,000 people were killed and accuses security forces of trying to hide the scale of the deaths by secretly disposing of the bodies.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP)
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