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A top opposition lawmaker in Tanzania has been charged with \"hate speech\" after calling President John Magufuli a dictator, according to court documents seen by AFP on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Tundu Lissu, chief whip of the opposition in parliament and president of Tanzania's bar association, was arrested last week after\u00a0holding a press conference where he criticised Magufuli and complained of a \"climate of fear which reigns everywhere.\"<\/p>\n

After appearing in court on Monday, Lissu was \"returned to prison,\" ahead of a Thursday ruling on his application for bail, said Saed Kubenea, a member of parliament in Lissu's Chadema party.<\/p>\n

Lissu faces a \"hate speech\" charge for his \"insulting words that are likely to incite ethnic hatred,\" according to the charge sheet.<\/p>\n

Local media reported Lissu was accompanied by around 20 lawyers and pled not guilty to the accusation during his Monday appearance.<\/p>\n

Lissu's comments and jailing come amid growing tension over the authoritarian leadership style of Magufuli, who is known by his Swahili nickname \"Tingatinga\" or \"bulldozer\".<\/p>\n

He came to power in 2015 as a corruption-fighting \"man of the people\" but critics say there has been a rise in repression with opposition meetings banned, newspapers shut down and journalists and artists threatened for criticising his administration.<\/p>\n

In his speech Lissu accused Magufuli of building \"a system based on favouritism, nepotism, tribalism and regionalism.\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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