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Concerns as Turkish refugee detained in Kenya over 2018 social media post

Amnesty international Director Irungu Houghton during a press briefing in Nairobi on December 21, 2025. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

Concerns are mounting over the arrest and continued detention of a Turkish refugee in Kenya by the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU).

Mustafa Gungor, a 42-year-old Turkish national, teacher and father of two, was arrested on Saturday at the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) terminus after arriving from Mombasa with his family.

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