IPC says Damaseb appointment misses Tanzania rights concerns
The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) says the appointment of deputy chief justice Petrus Damaseb to a Tanzanian commission of inquiry does not address concerns over Namibia’s silence on alleged human rights abuses in the neighbouring country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, IPC member of parliament Rodney Cloete says the party had previously urged […] The post IPC says Damaseb appointment misses Tanzania rights concerns appeared first on The Namibian .

The Independent Patriots for Change (IPC) says the appointment of deputy chief justice Petrus Damaseb to a Tanzanian commission of inquiry does not address concerns over Namibia’s silence on alleged human rights abuses in the neighbouring country.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, IPC member of parliament Rodney Cloete says the party had previously urged president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to raise the detention of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu during her June state visit and report back to parliament.


