Tanzania, Jan. 25 -- Arusha. They did not jet into the country secretly as one would have expected.

The government had endorsed their visit although the issue that brought them to Tanzania is still contentious.

But the mode of their meeting with the communities and human rights stakeholders here was unexpected.

The media was not only barred from the meeting hall but nobody in attendance was allowed to discuss anything with the scribes thereafter.

That was what transpired on Monday afternoon when officials of the Banjul-based African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) landed in Arusha.

Often times, the human rights activists through their CSOs would partner with the media for visibility of their most burning concerns.

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