US EditionTanzania Dials Up Repression Ahead of Elections
- In May 2025, Boniface Mwangi from Kenya and human rights advocate Agather Atuhaire from Uganda reported being detained and subjected to torture while in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- They were arrested on May 19 while showing solidarity with Tundu Lissu, who faces treason charges amid Tanzania's crackdown before the October elections.
- Mwangi and Atuhaire described graphic beatings, sexual assaults, threats against family, and degrading interrogations by security agents at an undisclosed location.
- They were released on May 22 near the Kenya border without deportation orders but warned never to return or speak of the ordeal, which Mwangi wrote included: "They laughed as they tortured us."
- These allegations, unaddressed by Tanzanian or Kenyan governments, highlight serious human rights violations and suggest intensifying oppression ahead of Tanzania's crucial general election.
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Kenya: Boniface Mwangi, Ugandan Activist Allege Torture and Sexual Assault in Tanzanian Custody
Nairobi -- Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan human rights defender Agather Atuhaire have come forward with harrowing accounts of torture and sexual assault allegedly carried out by Tanzanian security agents during their detention in Dar es Salaam last month.
On 2 June, in Nairobi, the two Kenyan and Ugandan human rights defenders, Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire, shared the story of their detention in Tanzania. They had been arrested in Dar es Salam two weeks ago, where they had come to attend the trial of the opponent Tundu Lissu. After three days of incommunicado detention, each was deported to his respective country. On 2 June, they returned to their conditions of detention.
In Tanzania, government critics have been disappearing for two months. Two foreign activists have now been abducted. They report severe torture. The EU is concerned that the US is considering imposing sanctions.
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