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Kenya: Tanzania Releases Ugandan Atuhaire a Day After Freeng Boniface Mwangi
- Following their attendance at opposition figure Tundu Lissu's court session on May 19, 2025, Boniface Mwangi from Kenya and Agather Atuhaire from Uganda were held by authorities in Tanzania.
- They traveled to Dar es Salaam to observe Lissu’s trial for treason and publishing false information, amid increased government scrutiny on opposition figures.
- Mwangi and Atuhaire suffered alleged torture during their detention, were released from police custody sequentially, and were held by immigration authorities before being cleared to leave.
- Mwangi described experiencing “four dark days” and severe mistreatment, expressing worry for Atuhaire, while Tanzania’s Law Society confirmed the two individuals had been transferred from police custody to immigration detention.
- Their release a day apart followed diplomatic pressure and highlights regional tensions regarding foreign activists amid Tanzania’s executive warnings against foreign interference.
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Tanzania must investigate Tanzania must investigate torture and forcible deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan activists
Tanzanian authorities must investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, incommunicado detention, and forcible deportation of human rights defenders Agather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi, Amnesty International said today.Agather Atuhaire, from Uganda, and Kenyan national Boniface Mwangi arrived in Tanzania on 18 May as part of a delegation to observe the trial of jailed opposition politician Tundu Lissu. After being arrested by immigration and polic…
Kenya: Nairobi Recognizes Its Role in the Abduction of Ugandan Opponent
Kenya recognizes that it "cooperates" with Uganda in the kidnapping of one of Uganda's main opponents, Kizza Besigye. Suspended for treason, the former personal doctor of the Ugandan president - now an opponent - risks capital punishment. Her lawyer, and former Kenyan Minister of Justice, denounces "out-of-law" arrangements between "rogue states" in East Africa.
The Straits Times
Kenyan, Ugandan activists still in custody in Tanzania, law group says
NAIROBI - A Kenyan and a Ugandan activist detained in Tanzania after travelling to observe a court appearance by a jailed opposition leader are still in custody, Tanzania's Law Society said on Wednesday, after previously saying they had been deported. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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