Tanzania: Verification with Amnesty International of a list of 23 Zanzibaris who were detained following a demonstration on 13 May 1988
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | TZA11037 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Tanzania: Verification with Amnesty International of a list of 23 Zanzibaris who were detained following a demonstration on 13 May 1988, 1 June 1992, TZA11037, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad684.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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Please find attached a list of 23 people who were detained after the 13 May 1988 demonstration in Zanzibar (Amnesty International Jan. 1990; Ibid. 19 June 1992). Amnesty International added that there were more people arrested than those listed, and that numbers 24 to 27 of the list were injured but not charged (Ibid.). Please note that participants to the 13 May 1988 demonstration were unarmed and that two people were killed by police (Africa Confidential 17 June 1988, 5). Moreover, the Zanzibari Chief Minister of the time claimed that "the riots were instigated by anti-government agents based in Dubai" (Africa Research Bulletin 15 July 1988, 8925; New African July 1988, 18).
Further information on the topic is currently unavailable to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
References
Africa Confidential [London]. 17 June 1988. Vol. 29, No. 2. "Tanzania: Union Relations at Sea," p. 5.
Africa Research Bulletin [London]. 15 July 1988. "Tanzania: Riot Probe Commission," pp. 8925.
Amnesty International. 19 June 1992. Facsimile sent to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
Amnesty International. January 1990. Tanzania: Government Opponents Imprisoned in Zanzibar: Prisoners Detained After the May 1988 Demonstration. (AI Index: AFR 56/01/90). London: Amnesty International Publications.
New African [London]. July 1988. "Zanzibar Takes a Stand," p. 18.
Attachments
Africa Confidential [London]. 17 June 1988. Vol. 29, No. 12. "Tanzania: Union Relations at Sea," p. 5-6.
Africa Research Bulletin [London]. 15 July 1988. "Tanzania: Riot Probe Commission," p. 8924-8925.
Amnesty International. 19 June 1992. Facsimile sent to the IRBDC in Ottawa.
Amnesty International. January 1990. Tanzania: Government Opponents Imprisoned in Zanzibar: Prisoners Detained After the May 1988 Demonstration. (AI Index: AFR 56/01/90). London: Amnesty International Publications.
New African [London]. July 1988. "Zanzibar Takes a Stand," p. 18.
