Ugandan Activist Freed by Tanzania, 'Indications of Torture'

In Uganda, the human rights defender, Agather Atuhaire, was found on Friday, 23 May, in the morning. She was arrested on Monday, 19 May, in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, where she had come to attend the trial of the opponent Tundu Lissu. According to her family, Agather Atuhaire, was found not far from the border with Tanzania, where Tanzanian services abandoned her.

Ugandan activist freed by Tanzania, 'indications of torture'

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan warned earlier this week that foreign activists would not be allowed to interfere in the country's affairs.

'Tortured' Ugandan activist found at Tanzanian border

A Ugandan activist who was arrested and held for days in Tanzania has been found at the border between the two countries with “indications of torture,” her rights group says. Agather Atuhaire had been held incommunicado in Tanzania alongside fellow Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi, who was on Thursday found at the border with his home country. “We had been tortured, and we were told to strip naked and to go bathe. We couldn’t walk and were told t…

Activists call out Tanzania over inhumane treatment of rights activists

The two activists were detained in Tanzania and tortured Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Civil Society Organisations’ Forum (EACSOF) has castigated the government of Tanzania over its treatment of human rights activists from the East African Community (EAC). The group voiced its “deepest concern regarding the detention, denial of entry, and deportation” of citizens of EAC Partner States by authorities in the United Republic o…

Tanzania Frees Second Detained Activist Amid Accusations of Torture - TV360 Nigeria

Tanzania has released Ugandan lawyer and human rights advocate Agather Atuhaire, the second of two foreign activists detained earlier this week for supporting embattled opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who is currently facing treason charges. Her organisation, the Agora Centre for Research, confirmed her release on Friday, stating she was “abandoned at the Uganda-Tanzania border” under unclear circumstances. Atuhaire had been held without formal c…

Ugandan activist arrested in Tanzania found 'tortured' at border: rights group

A Ugandan activist who was arrested and held “incommunicado” in Tanzania after attempting to attend a treason trial for an opposition leader has been found at the Ugandan border with “indications of torture”, a rights group said Friday. Ugandan activist and journalist Agather Atuhaire was arrested earlier this week alongside her Kenyan counterpart, Boniface Mwangi, a prominent campaigner against corruption and police brutality in Kenya. Atuhaire…