Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan human rights lawyer Agather Atuhaire have shared chilling details of their alleged abduction, torture, and deportation by Tanzanian authorities - a harrowing ordeal that has drawn condemnation from across the region.

Speaking in Nairobi a week after their return from Tanzania, Mwangi recounted the terrifying experience that began with their arrest while attending court proceedings for Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu. "They did very terrible things to me and Agather.

Whatever they did was recorded, and they said they would release the footage once we returned home," Mwangi told journalists.

The former photojournalist accused the Kenyan government of abandoning him and instead siding with the Tanzanian authorities.