Activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire narrating their harrowing experiences in the hands of Tanzanian Authorities. June 3, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] As opposition gets muzzled in East African countries, the torture of human rights defenders Boniface Mwangi and Agatha Atuhaire is seemingly condoned by political leadership through their silence and unacceptable statements. International law strongly prohibits torture, with key instruments like the Convention against Torture (CAT) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. CAT outlines obligations for states to prevent and prosecute it, ensuring victims have access to compensation. The prohibition also extends to other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. There is no Justification…
Author: By Njeri Kabeberi
The “sacred promise” for East African citizens with the ambition of the East African Community leading Africa with its ambitious Vision 2050, is quickly being eroded by a reckless, fearful, power-hungry political leadership. Recent East African political actions against its citizens are worrying. I would like to go as far back as possible because Uganda has been terrorising its citizens for decades now, as recently narrated in a “Poems from Prison – We Refuse to Be Victims” by Sam Mugumya, a Ugandan jailed in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Prison Militaire de Ndolo for eight years, arrested while seeking asylum.…