Warning: This story contains details of sexual assault
A Ugandan activist, arrested and detained in Tanzania for several days, was later found on the border between the two countries, told the BBC she was raped while in custody.
Agather Atuhaire said she showed “signs of torture”, saying she showed “signs of torture”, saying that her rights group’s early speech claimed that people wearing plain clothes “blind” her, she was hit and suffered violent “deprived” and sexual assault.
Atuhaire held Incommunicado in Tanzania with Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi, who found on Thursday on the border with his home country.
Tanzanian authorities have not commented yet.
“The pain is too great,” said Atu Khail, showing the BBC the scars she said she was handcuffed.
She added that she “screamed so much” that they had to cover their mouths.
Atuhaire introduced her graphic details to the BBC on the BBC.
She said she also heard Mwanji's screams, and those who held him threatened to circumcise.
The two went to Tanzania to show solidarity with opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who was charged with treason on Monday.
Mwangi tells his so-called experience in an article on X: “We were tortured, we were told to be naked and bathe. We couldn't walk, we were told to crawl and go to wash our blood.”
Despite being allowed to enter the country, Mwangi and Atuhaire were not allowed to attend the hearing and were arrested.
On Monday, President Samia Suluhu Hassan warned that she would not allow militants from neighboring countries to “intervent” and cause “confusion” in the affairs of her country.
Atuhaire was found abandoned Thursday night since Monday's detention, and the Uganda-based rights group Agora Research Center published on X.
The High Commissioner for Fred Mwesigye, Tanzania, Uganda, said Atuhaire “returned home safely” and was warmly received by her family.
Mwangi, who was earlier found abandoned on the roadside in northern Tanzania near the Kenyan border, said he heard Atuhaire “grom grin in pain” when they were held together on Tuesday.
“At night, any attempt we were subjected to torture encountered kicks and insults. We were evacuated by torture sites of different vehicles.”
Those who hold them are getting orders from “national security” officials who direct activists to accept “Tanzanian treatment.”
Kenya's state-funded rights agency shared photos of Mwangi (center) on Thursday [KNCHR/X]
Mwangi's disappearance attracted widespread attention throughout Kenya, with his family, civil society and human rights groups protesting and demanding his release.
On Wednesday, the Kenyan government formally protested his detention, accusing Tanzanian authorities of refusing consulate despite repeated requests.
Earlier on Thursday, Kenya's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying it had no access to activists.
Regional rights groups have called for an investigation into the alleged abuse of activists by Tanzanian authorities and urged all East African countries to safeguard their rights treaties.
Other reports by Basillioh Rukanga in Nairobi
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