‘We won’t let them get away with this’: activists to sue Tanzania’s government over ‘sexual torture’

Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire vow to hold authorities accountable as repression intensifies before October elections

SearchSupport usPrint subscriptionsNewslettersDownload the appSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsThe Guardian appVideoPodcastsPicturesInside the GuardianGuardian WeeklyCrosswordsWordiplyCorrectionsTipsSearch input google-search SearchSearch jobsDigital ArchiveGuardian LicensingAbout UsWorldEuropeUSAmericasAsiaAustraliaMiddle EastAfricaInequalityGlobal development Agather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi addressing a press conference in Nairobi on 2 June. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/ReutersView image in fullscreenAgather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi addressing a press conference in Nairobi on 2 June. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/ReutersTanzania‘We won’t let them get away with this’: activists to sue Tanzania’s government over ‘sexual torture’Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire vow to hold authorities accountable as repression intensifies before October elections

Two east African activists say they plan to sue Tanzania’s government for illegal detention and torture during a visit in support of an opposition politician in May.