Overview

• Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire and Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi were detained in Tanzania while attending opposition leader Tundu Lissu's treason trial and later abandoned at their respective national borders.
• Both activists allege they were subjected to torture under orders from Tanzanian state security personnel, with documented indications of abuse on Atuhaire's body.
• President Samia Suluhu Hassan warned foreign activists against interfering in Tanzanian affairs, as her government faces mounting criticism for suppressing political opposition.
• Lissu, leader of the Chadema party, is on trial for treason after calling for an election boycott; his party has been disqualified from the upcoming October elections.
• Human rights groups have condemned Tanzania's actions, linking them to a broader erosion of democratic norms and rising political repression in East Africa.