<p>Tanzanian human rights activist Tito Magoti has been freed from prison after more than a year under a plea bargain over alleged economic crimes, his lawyer announced on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Magoti, of the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), was arrested in December 2019 in Dar es Salaam.</p>.<p>His case drew international attention after Amnesty slammed his ongoing detention as a bid to silence government critics.</p>.<p>He was charged with various economic crimes, including money laundering, possession of a computer programme designed for the purpose of committing an offence and leading organised crime.</p>.<p>The prosecution dropped the first two charges and kept that of organised crime against Magoti and his co-accused, a fellow member of the LHRC, Theodory Giyani.</p>.<p>The two paid 17 million Tanzanian shillings ($7,300 / 6,000 euros) for their release after agreeing to plead guilty.</p>.<p>"The two agreed to plead guilty in the plea bargaining," Kambole posted on Twitter.</p>.<p>"It should be remembered that they have been in detention for more than a year pending investigations," he said.</p>.<p>The case was postponed 26 times before it entered into plea bargaining on Tuesday, the LHRC said.</p>.<p>Amnesty International called the detention "an affront to justice and a clear attempt to silence government critics by keeping them behind bars."</p>.<p>President John Magufuli, who won a disputed second term in October 2020 elections, has been accused of intimidating the opposition and suppressing democracy and human rights.</p>.<p>Last year, journalist Erick Kabendera was also released after seven months in detention. He pleaded guilty over money laundering and tax evasion charges in plea bargaining.</p>
<p>Tanzanian human rights activist Tito Magoti has been freed from prison after more than a year under a plea bargain over alleged economic crimes, his lawyer announced on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Magoti, of the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC), was arrested in December 2019 in Dar es Salaam.</p>.<p>His case drew international attention after Amnesty slammed his ongoing detention as a bid to silence government critics.</p>.<p>He was charged with various economic crimes, including money laundering, possession of a computer programme designed for the purpose of committing an offence and leading organised crime.</p>.<p>The prosecution dropped the first two charges and kept that of organised crime against Magoti and his co-accused, a fellow member of the LHRC, Theodory Giyani.</p>.<p>The two paid 17 million Tanzanian shillings ($7,300 / 6,000 euros) for their release after agreeing to plead guilty.</p>.<p>"The two agreed to plead guilty in the plea bargaining," Kambole posted on Twitter.</p>.<p>"It should be remembered that they have been in detention for more than a year pending investigations," he said.</p>.<p>The case was postponed 26 times before it entered into plea bargaining on Tuesday, the LHRC said.</p>.<p>Amnesty International called the detention "an affront to justice and a clear attempt to silence government critics by keeping them behind bars."</p>.<p>President John Magufuli, who won a disputed second term in October 2020 elections, has been accused of intimidating the opposition and suppressing democracy and human rights.</p>.<p>Last year, journalist Erick Kabendera was also released after seven months in detention. He pleaded guilty over money laundering and tax evasion charges in plea bargaining.</p>