European Parliament · 8 May 2025

Arrest and risk of execution of Tundu Lissu, Chair of Chadema, the main opposition party in Tanzania

Amendment

Rejected

This was a vote on one amendment to the text, not on the text as a whole.

154 in favour · 389 against · 12 abstained. 555 of 720 members voted; 165 did not.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

Calls on the Tanzanian government to bring the country’s cybercrime and media laws in line with international human rights law standards
Calls on the EU and its Member States to step up engagement with the Tanzanian authorities and to ensure observation of trials against government critics and opposition members
Calls on the Tanzanian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Tundu Lissu and to withdraw the charges brought against him without respect for fair trial standards

Quoted from B10-0261/2025, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.