Godbless Jonathan Lema (born 26 October 1976) is a Tanzanian Chadema politician and Member of Parliament for Arusha City constituency from 2010 to 2015.
He led a number of political rallies and protests against the government and CCM, some of which resulted in serious injuries and deaths after fierce police confrontation.
[1] In 2020 he moved to Canada as a refugee, after being arrested without cause in a government crackdown on the opposition Chadema party following the 2020 Tanzanian general election.
Their return followed an announcement by President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifting a ban on political assembly imposed by her predecessor, the late John Magufuli.
[4] News reports also suggested that the government might drop a case against Lema; he had been charged with unspecified crimes after the 2020 Tanzanian general election, which opposition parties had rejected as illegitimate.