Activists Boniface Mwangi and Agatha Atuhaire have filed a case at the East African Court of Justice challenging alleged human rights violations by the Government of Tanzania in May 2025.
The two claim they were abducted in Dar es Salaam between May 19 and 23 while attending the trial of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu.
They accuse the Tanzanian government of abduction, torture, sexual violence, and illegal deportation to their respective countries of origin. "The Reference arises from shocking events that unfolded between 19th and 23rd May 2025.
Agather and Boniface were brazenly abducted from their hotel in Dar es Salaam by unidentified persons and were taken to the Immigration Department offices and the Central Police Station in Dar es Salaam." "At no point were the two advised under which law they were being detained, nor under what authority they were being removed from the Central Police Station by unidentified persons," read a statement seen by The Standard.
