{"id":1094,"date":"2026-05-22T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:34:23","slug":"us-sanctions-tanzanian-police-chief-over-human-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1094","title":{"rendered":"US sanctions Tanzanian police chief over human rights violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) \u2014 The United States has sanctioned Tanzania\u2019s police chief and barred him from entering the U.S., citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1092\">NATO allies bewildered by Trump\u2019s about-face on US troop moves in Europe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sanctions announced Thursday followed a general election in October in which President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a full term with 97% of the vote after a crackdown on opposition figures. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in December said the country was reviewing its ties with Tanzania over repression and election violence.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio said the sanctions designation against police Senior Assistant Commissioner Faustine Jackson Mafwele was based on credible information he was involved in rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne year ago, members of the (Tanzanian police) detained, tortured, and sexually assaulted Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire and Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi, who were in Dar es Salaam to observe the trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu,\u201d he said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1090\">Wet weather returns and stays for Memorial Day weekend in central NC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ugandan and Kenyan activists were arrested and detained in Tanzania in May last year. They alleged that they were tortured by Mafwele while in detention before being abandoned near the Kenya\u2013Tanzania border.<\/p>\n<p>A commission Hassan appointed to investigate postelection violence found 518 people were killed and thousands were injured. The opposition believes the casualty figures are much higher in the first major violent protests in the East African nation in decades.<\/p>\n<p>The commission\u2019s report, released in April, recommended further investigation of police conduct during the protests, during which unarmed civilians were reportedly shot in their homes. Internet access in the country also remained disrupted for several days after the polls, and videos of the shootings were shared on social media after restoration of internet access despite police warning people not to share videos online.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1085\">Rare public appearances, low profile mark Ra\u00fal Castro\u2019s life since stepping down as Cuba\u2019s president<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) \u2014 The United States has sanctioned Tanzania\u2019s police chief and barred him&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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