Tanzania: Further information on Fear of Torture

Index Number: AFR 56/009/2001
Date Published: 16 March 2001
Categories: Africa, Tanzania

The torture and ill-treatment of detainees arrested following the recent violent crack-down on demonstrators in Tanzania reportedly continues. A number of those being treated in hospital for injuries resulting from the excessive use of force by police are being forcibly removed to prison. Arrests are continuing, and a large number of opposition members have fled the country.