Police in Tanzania released four senior opposition leaders who were arrested for their alleged role in deadly protests against last month’s general election, their party said late on Monday. The protests plunged Tanzania into its biggest political crisis in decades. Opposition party CHADEMA and some human rights activists said more than 1,000 people were killed by security forces. The government of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was declared the winner of the election with nearly 98 percent of the vote, said those numbers were exaggerated but did not offer its own death toll.

Incumbent president won with 98% of vote but opposition was barred from running and say result was fraudulent

Opposition party Chadema said that its deputy secretary-general, Amani Golugwa, was arrested early on Saturday.