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Tundu Lissu

Commons · Question 87700 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

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Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Tanzania on the (a) detention and (b) trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu.

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Answered by Chris Elmore, 17 Nov 2025

Alongside her counterparts from Canada and Norway, the Foreign Secretary published a statement on 31 October, stating: "We are concerned by the situation in Tanzania following the national elections of 28 and 29 October. There are credible reports of...