Human Rights Abuses

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, armed soldiers threatening students protesting a 9 month delay in receiving their grants to pay tuition fees and exam fees until they disperse is perceived as being peaceful.

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, banning independent newspapers for arbitrary periods of time if they dare to publish critical articles about the government is perceived as being peaceful.

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, banning leaders of trade-union like actions (e.g. for fairer salaries) from performing their professions for any number of years is perceived as being peaceful.

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, un-investigated disappearances or deaths of well-known good governance advocates is perceived as being peaceful.

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, regular acid or machete attacks on editors of independent newspapers by un-known assailants following especially exposing editorials is perceived as being peaceful.

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, voter fatigue causing around 80 % of the voters to refrain from voting is perceived as democratic.

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, the government changing anti-corruption bills after they were passed in parliament and then signing them and making them public is perceived as being democratic.

Tanzania is perceived as an East African model democracy because of its apparent peacefulness and stability. In Tanzania, 60 % of the government budget disappearing into over-seas accounts of government ministers is perceived as being democratic.