Summary
Leading Kenyan lawyer and former Justice Minister Martha Karua has been detained at Tanzania’s main airport while awaiting deportation, alongside colleagues, as they attended opposition leader Tundu Lissu’s court appearance on treason charges. Karua, a prominent human rights advocate and critic of East Africa’s democratic decline, was questioned for three hours before her passport was confiscated. Human rights groups condemned the arbitrary arrest, highlighting increasing opposition repression in Tanzania ahead of the upcoming elections.
