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Torture and Treason Trials: What’s Happening in Tanzania?
- On May 19, 2025, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire were abducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, while attending opposition leader Tundu Lissu's court hearing.
- Their abduction occurred amid rising political repression, with Lissu facing treason charges and Tanzania preparing for October elections under President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
- Mwangi and Atuhaire reported incommunicado detention, severe beatings, sexual torture, and forced deportation near their respective countries' borders before holding a press conference in Nairobi.
- Mwangi described experiencing sexual abuse and was warned by his captors that if he revealed what happened, they would inform his family, while Atuhaire expressed that her primary wish was to see justice served.
- The incident intensified calls from human rights groups for accountability and highlighted concerns over Tanzania's treatment of political dissent and foreign activists.
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Torture and treason trials: what’s happening in Tanzania?
JOHANNESBURG —At a packed press conference this week two East African activists wiped away tears as they detailed their alleged sexual assault and torture while in detention in Tanzania.Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire - who was given an “International Woman of Courage” award by the US State Department last year - said they had traveled to neighboring Tanzania in mid-May to monitor the “sham” court case of an…
Boniface Mwangi, a human rights activist, had been abducted in mid-May by security forces in Dar es Salaam, while he had come to support Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu.
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Kenyan rights campaigner speaks of Tanzania sexual torture
Kenyan human rights campaigner Boniface Mwangi broke down in tears Monday as he recounted brutal treatment including "sexual torture" at the hands of Tanzanian security forces which he said left him broken.
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