Date of publication
Sept. 16, 2016
Document Reference #

TZA 1/2016

Publishing Organization
Communications send by Special Procedures on violations related to protected areas
Document Type
Communications
Country
Tanzania
Relevant paragraphs, or extracts

Communications sent by the Special Rapporteurs arbitrary detention, human rights defenders and indigenous peoples and torture concerning the arrests of 57 Maasai from the Loliondo community in Ngorongoro District, Northern Tanzania, and the continued threat of further detentions of individuals who are contesting Government plans to provide Maasai ancestral lands to tourism and gaming companies.