哈立德·卡齐哈 内罗毕，肯尼亚 —— 坦桑尼亚被监禁的反对派领导人图恩杜·利苏周二结束了短暂的绝食抗议，此前狱方允许他与其弟弟私下会面，他的首席律师表示。
KHALED KAZZIHA NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu ended a brief hunger strike Tuesday after prison authorities allowed him to meet privately with his younger brother, his lead lawyer said.
利苏在2017年一次暗杀企图中中枪16次幸存，因生命受到威胁曾多次流亡海外，现领导坦桑尼亚主要反对党“民主与进步党”（Chadema）。
Lissu, who survived being shot 16 times in a 2017 assassination attempt and has spent periods in exile citing threats to his life, leads Tanzania’s main opposition party, Chadema.
他面临叛国罪指控，可能被判处死刑，已被羁押逾18个月，最终判决定于11月6日宣读。
He faces a treason charge carrying a possible death sentence and has been detained for more than 18 months, with a final judgment scheduled for Nov. 6.
其首席律师鲁盖梅莱扎·恩沙拉通过电话告诉美联社，利苏原计划周一开始绝食，抗议狱方限制法院下令的保密法律会面。在狱方承诺允许私下会面后，他推迟了绝食计划。
His lead lawyer, Rugemeleza Nshala, told The Associated Press by telephone that Lissu had planned to begin the strike Monday to protest restrictions on court-ordered confidential legal consultations. He postponed it after prison authorities promised private access.
恩沙拉说，当这些会面周一未能如期进行时，利苏于周二上午开始拒绝进食。
When those consultations failed to take place Monday, Lissu began refusing food Tuesday morning, Nshala said.
“利苏没有喝茶，也没有吃早餐和午餐，”恩沙拉说。他在午餐时间过后与弟弟私下会面，随即结束了绝食。狱方和政府未就绝食抗议发表公开声明。
“Lissu did not take his tea, breakfast or lunch,” Nshala said. He ended the strike after lunchtime following the private meeting with his brother. Prison authorities and the government had issued no public statements on the hunger strike.
恩沙拉上周六表示，狱方曾在某些场合完全禁止会见利苏。他对绝食对健康的影响表示担忧，因为利苏依赖药物维持生命。
Nshala said Saturday that prison authorities had, on some occasions, barred access to Lissu altogether. He expressed concern about the health implications of a hunger strike because Lissu relies on medication.
利苏于2025年4月9日在呼吁大选前进行选举改革的集会上发言后被捕，次日被控叛国罪。
Lissu was arrested April 9, 2025, after addressing a rally calling for electoral reforms ahead of that year’s general election and was charged with treason the following day .
2025年5月，他曾因被要求远程出庭而非亲自到庭而发起绝食抗议。
In May 2025, he went on hunger strike to protest being required to appear in court remotely rather than in person.
坦桑尼亚两大反对党的总统候选人被禁止参加2025年10月的大选，此举引发抗议和致命暴力冲突。
Presidential candidates from Tanzania’s two main opposition parties were barred from contesting the October 2025 election, which triggered protests and deadly violence.
“民主与进步党”宣布在10月29日大选暴力事件周年之际举行为期七天的哀悼活动。
Chadema announced seven days of mourning ahead of the anniversary of the violence surrounding the Oct. 29 election.
查德马党秘书长约翰·姆尼卡周二在达累斯萨拉姆对记者表示，哀悼期将从周四持续至11月4日，党旗将下半旗志哀。他呼吁进行一项涉及国际机构和坦桑尼亚独立利益相关方的独立调查。
Secretary-General John Mnyika told journalists in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday that the mourning period would run from Thursday through Nov. 4, with party flags flown at half-mast. He called for an independent investigation involving international bodies and independent Tanzanian stakeholders.
一项针对选举暴力的调查于4月认定，至少有518人死亡。该调查主席穆罕默德·钱德·奥特曼表示，实际死亡人数可能更高，因为一些家庭在未将亲属遗体送往太平间的情况下直接安葬。
An inquiry into the election violence found in April that at least 518 people died . Its chairman, Mohamed Chande Othman, said the toll was likely higher because some families buried relatives without taking their bodies to morgues.
联合国此前曾呼吁对这些杀戮行为以及警方将遗体从太平间转移至不明地点的报道展开调查。查德马党称死亡人数约为2000人，联合国表示，由于选举期间局势动荡和互联网中断，无法核实这一数字。
The United Nations had earlier called for an investigation into the killings and reports that police removed bodies from mortuaries to undisclosed locations. Chadema put the death toll at about 2,000, a figure the U.N. said it could not verify amid insecurity and an internet shutdown during the election period.