Jopo hili limetambua kwa masikitiko kuhusu kuendelea kuzuiliwa kwa viongozi mbali mbali wa vyama vya siasa kote nchini Tanzania.Taarifa za kukamatwa viongozi wengi wa upinzani Tanzania bara na Zanzibar ni ishara ya ukiukaji haki za kibinadamu na kuvunjwa mikataba ya kimataifa kuhusu haki nchini humo.

The Panel notes with concern the continued detention of various leaders of political parties throughout Tanzania. Reports of the arrests of many leaders, reported mainly by opposition political parties in both Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, point to a declining respect for civil liberties in Tanzania in contravention of national and international law.