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Missing Lawyer Abshir Abdi Found Alive in Marsabit
Video showed armed men seizing Ahmedsadak Abdi Abshir, and Amnesty International said Kenya has recorded at least 22 enforced disappearances this year.
- On Thursday, Kenyan lawyer Ahmedsadak Abdi Abshir was found alive in Sololo, Marsabit County, nearly 700 kilometres from Nairobi after disappearing on November 1. His brother, Zakariah Abshir, confirmed he is at the Sololo police station.
- Abshir was abducted on November 1 while representing a businessman in a fraud case after both received threats from security services. His disappearance reflects at least 22 enforced disappearances in Kenya this year, according to Amnesty International.
- On Wednesday, Justice Alexander Muteti allowed an LSK-backed application to introduce electronic evidence in court and directed the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to secure relevant CCTV footage. The evidence aims to establish circumstances surrounding the disappearance.
- President Charles Kanjama warned that Kenya risks 'becoming an abductor's paradise,' demanding accountability for those issuing instructions to alleged abduction squads including the Special Operation Group and the Operation Support Unit.
- Legal teams will return to court on Friday at 9am to continue proceedings, remaining 'unrelenting until Advocate Abshir and Ayub are brought to court.' The case echoes the 2016 abduction of lawyer Willie Kimani.
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In Kenya, lawyer Abshir Ahmedsadak Abid and his colleague Ayoub Maalim were found alive on 11 November 2026. They were abducted in Nairobi on 1 November and were reported missing since then. Both men were abandoned by their kidnappers to the city of Sololo, Marsabit County, more than 700 kilometres north of Nairobi, just on the border with Ethiopia.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Kenya: Missing Lawyer Abshir Abdi Found in Isiolo, LSK Family to Issue Statement
Nairobi -- Missing lawyer Abshir Abdi has reportedly been found in Isiolo, Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Charles Kanjama has announced, adding that the family would issue a further statement to confirm the development.
·Washington, United States
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