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Activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire Narrating their harrowing experiences in the hands of Tanzanian Authorities last Month. Mwangi claims he tortured and stripped naked and inserted all manner of objects from the rectum. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]
The United States has sanctioned Tanzanian police official, Faustine Mafwele over alleged human rights abuses linked to the torture of activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire in May 2025.
In a statement, the US State Department said the designation was made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026, a measure that bars individuals implicated in gross human rights violations from entering the United States.
The State Department accused Mafwele, a senior assistant commissioner in the Tanzania Police Force, of involvement in the detention, torture and sexual assault of Uganda’s Agather Atuhaire and Kenya’s Boniface Mwangi.
