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Originally published by Citizen DigitalOctober 25, 2025
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‘Altars of impunity’: EAC Law Society raises alarm over abduction of Kenyan activists, Tanzanian diplomat
The regional bar association said it was “deeply concerned” about the continued disappearance of Kenyan human rights defenders Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi, who were allegedly abducted in Uganda’s Kali.....
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The East Africa Law Society (EALS) has strongly condemned the alleged abductions of two Kenyan human rights activists in Uganda and the disappearance of a Tanzanian diplomat, terming it the “weaponisation of State and judicial power.” The organization expressed deep concern over these incidents, which it believes signify a broader erosion of constitutionalism and the normalization of enforced disappearances in the region.
- Two Kenyan human rights defenders, Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi, were allegedly abducted in Uganda's Kaliro District on October 1, 2025.
- Humphrey Polepole, a Tanzanian diplomat and government critic, disappeared on October 6, 2025.
- The High Court of Uganda on October 22, 2025, classified Oyoo and Njagi as “missing persons,” a ruling the EALS called “morally hollow and jurisprudentially tragic.”
- The EALS demanded immediate disclosure of the missing individuals' whereabouts, impartial investigations, and called on the EAC Secretariat, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to investigate.
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