US EditionKenya Formally Demands Boniface Mwangi's Release, Calls for Consular Access
- On May 19, 2025, Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi was detained under unclear circumstances by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es Salaam after an unsettling encounter with men claiming to be police officers at his hotel.
- Mwangi traveled to Tanzania to attend opposition leader Tundu Lissu's court session amid a growing crackdown on activists, which included deportation of Kenyan lawyers and former officials without clear explanations.
- After Boniface Mwangi's detention, Kenya's foreign affairs department sent a diplomatic communication on May 21, 2025, expressing serious concerns about his arrest and the denial of consular visitation or updates regarding his status.
- The ministry referenced the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, highlighting that consular officials have the right to communicate with and access nationals of their country, while Tanzania maintained that Mwangi had been released though his current location is still unknown.
- Mwangi's disappearance has heightened regional tension, prompting calls from Kenyan civil society and international advocates for transparency, accountability, and adherence to international legal obligations by Tanzanian authorities.
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Kenya says Tanzanian authorities have released activist Boniface Mwangi
Tanzania has released a Kenyan activist arrested after he tried to attend a hearing in the treason case against a detained opposition leader in Dar es Salaam, Kenyan authorities said on Thursday.
Boniface Mwangi finally deported from Tanzania, Mudavadi confirms
Activist Boniface Mwangi has been deported to Kenya after being detained by the Tanzanian authorities for three days. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, on Thursday, May 22, 2025, confirmed his release. “We have been engaging through diplomatic channels, and we have engaged with the Tanzanian authorities. The […]
Activist freed in Tanzania after Kenyan government demand – DailyNews
An activist detained in Tanzania for three days has been released shortly after Kenya’s foreign ministry demanded his release.A top official in the ministry, Korir Sing’oei, said on X that Boniface Mwangi was “now back in the country”.Lawyer and fellow activist, Khalid Hussein, told the BBC they were together in Kenya’s coast region.The Kenyan activist was arrested in Dar es Salaam on Monday alongside Ugandan Agather Atuhaire by suspected milita…
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