Browsing: Human Rights Activists
NAIROBI, KENYA — Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been released from detention in Tanzania after three days, a development that followed a formal demand for…
KAMPALA, UGANDA — A seasoned voice in Ugandan journalism, Timothy Kalyegira, has sparked a significant social media discussion with a pointed assessment of opposition activism and…
DAR ES SALAAM, TANANIA — Tanzania has reportedly restricted access to the social media platform X, internet monitoring organization NetBlocks announced on Tuesday. This development…
NAIROBI, KENYA — A coalition of rights campaigners in Kenya has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration, demanding the immediate release…
DAR ES SALAAM, TANANIA — Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan lawyer, human rights defender and journalist Agather Atuhaire have been detained in Tanzania…
NAIROBI, KENYA — The diplomatic rift between Kenya and Tanzania has escalated following People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua’s public criticism of Tanzanian President Samia…
DAR ES SALAAM, TANANIA — Tundu Lissu, Chairperson of the Chadema party, will face further mention of his treason charges on June 2, 2025, following…
DAR ES SALAAM, TANANIA — Tanzanian opposition politics is a perilous endeavor, as Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu’s experiences vividly illustrate. His persistent criticism of the…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Martha Karua, leader of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP) and a veteran of Kenya’s pro-democracy movement, has increasingly taken her advocacy beyond…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Paul Ongili, known as Babu Owino, has publicly condemned the reported detention and subsequent deportation of People’s…