Tanzania Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/tanzania/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:22:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tanzania Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/category/news/tanzania/ 32 32 59910430 Update on Melkisedeki Kitunzi Kaijage – University Lecturer Charged with Terrorism for Encouraging Protests https://concernedscientists.org/2026/09/update-on-melkisedeki-kitunzi-kaijage-university-lecturer-charged-with-terrorism-for-encouraging-protests/ Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:22:22 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10968 University of Dodoma lecturer Melkisedeki Kitunzi Kaijage was released after prosecutors decided not to proceed with terrorism and economic-sabotage charges against him. CCS wrote on his behalf following his arrest in July in connection with the planned Saba Saba protests. He was later charged with allegedly threatening to burn public buildings and police residences. As […]

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]]> 10968 University Lecturer Charged with Terrorism for Encouraging Protests https://concernedscientists.org/2026/08/university-lecturer-charged-with-terrorism-for-encouraging-protests/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:13:58 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10941 Melkisedeki Kaijage, an assistant lecturer at Dodomo University in Tanzania, was detained for two weeks, then charged with terrorism just when they were about to release him on bail. There is no publicly available evidence that this academic lecturer who hopes to be a Ph.D. candidate one day, is a terrorist.

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