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Rights groups demand release of activists arrested in Tanzania

Activist Boniface Mwangi. [File, Standard]

Human rights groups on Wednesday called for the immediate release of Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan lawyer and journalist Agatha Atuhaire, who were arrested Monday, May 19, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The two were picked up without a warrant by individuals who identified themselves as police officers while at the Serena Hotel. They were reportedly taken to the Central Police Station in Dar es Salaam.Their current whereabouts remain unknown.

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