Kenyan Boniface Mwangi and a Ugandan Agather Atuhaire, alongside seven civil society organisations, have filed a case before the East African Court of Justice.
The Human Rights Activists are accusing the government of Tanzania of grave human rights violations including enforced disappearance, torture, arbitrary detention, sexual abuse and unlawful deportation.
The duo are demanding public apologies from the governments of Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya, plus compensation of at least USD 1 million each or Ksh.130 million.
Mwangi described the ordeal as evil, saying it was an attempt to silence them, but they refused to stay silent.
They say they’re in court to demand justice and expose what happened behind closed doors.
According to the two activists, they were abducted from their hotel in Dar es Salaam in May by unidentified individuals.
They were taken to the Immigration Department and Central Police Station in Dar es Salam, then later transferred to an unknown location where they were tortured and sexually abused.
They were later dumped across the Tanzanian border; Mwangi into Kenya, Atuhaire into Uganda.
