#BBCAfricaEye investigates a wave of enforced disappearances spreading fear across Tanzania.
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When Samia Suluhu became Tanzania’s first female president in 2021, after the sudden death in office of her predecessor, there were hopes that her presidency would mark a break from authoritarian rule. She lifted a ban on opposition rallies, allowed the media to operate more freely, and called for greater political inclusivity. Expectations of lasting change, however, soon faded.
From opposition figures and human rights activists, to artists and members of the ruling party itself, an unprecedented crackdown on government critics has shaken Tanzania.
Through powerful testimonies from survivors of abduction and torture, and vivid reconstructions of their harrowing experiences, this film reveals the campaign of intimidation and fear that government critics endure in the country.
00:00 State of Fear: Inside Tanzania’s Enforced Disappearances
01:57 The dark reality behind a democratic image
03:49 ‘Hurt a few so many will be scared’
06:21 ‘The day I was abducted’
09:10 Abductions aren’t new in Tanzania
10:10 Samia Suluhu Hassan: a presidency of hope?
13:03 ‘Shining a torch in your eyes, it feels like your eyes are popping out’
15:34 Prominent activists go to Tanzania to support a jailed opposition leader
17:03 ‘What offences have I committed?’
21:35 ‘I’d lost hope completely’
22:49 Served by people wearing police uniforms
24:19 Left in a den of wolves to be eaten
29:35 Unsolved politically motivated abductions
31:53 ‘It was so much pain, I had no tears, my body went into shock.’
38:16 ‘Their aim was to kill. I shouldn’t be here telling this story.’
40:05 ‘Enforced disappearances are very difficult to prove in Tanzania’
44:57 ‘You cannot get justice through silence’
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