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Karua deported, accuses government of 'collaboration'

Lawyer Martha Karua addresses journalists after arriving at JKIA following her deportation from Tanzania on May 18, 2025. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Lawyer Martha Karua has criticized the government for doing very little to save her and two other human rights defenders, Lynn Ngugi and Gloria Kimani, from deportation in Tanzania.

Speaking at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), shortly after disembarking from her KQ flight number 485, Karua confirmed reporting her ordeal to Kenya's ambassador to Tanzania, Isaac Njenga.

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