Maria Sarungi Tsehai was kidnapped in Nairobi by unidentified gunmen, alarming fellow activists

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Rights activist links brief kidnapping in Kenya to Tanzanian government

In Kenya, a Tanzanian human rights activist was abducted and detained for several hours. After visiting a hairdresser in Nairobi, men dragged her into a waiting car, tied her up and tried to find out her phone's PIN code, said Maria Sarungi Tsehai. “I'm convinced that one of their goals was to get access to my contacts and social media,” said Tsehai. She believes that reports of the abduction, which quickly spread on social media, had contribute…

In Kenia wurde eine tansanische Menschenrechtsaktivistin entführt und mehrere Stunden festgehalten. Männer hätten sie nach einem Friseurbesuch in Nairobi in einen bereitstehenden Wagen gezerrt, sie gefesselt und versucht, den PIN-Code ihres Telefons zu erfahren, sagte Maria Sarungi Tsehai. „Ich bin überzeugt, dass eines ihrer Ziele war, an meine Kontakte und sozialen Medien zu kommen“, sagte Tsehai. Sie glaube, dass Berichte über die Entführung,…

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Human rights activist kidnapped in Nairobi

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Nairobi -- CPJ calls on the Kenyan government to conduct a comprehensive investigation after four unknown men assaulted and abducted prominent Tanzanian journalist and human rights activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai for about four hours on Sunday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

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Amadou Mahtar Ba

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Kenya: Tanzanian Journalist Maria Sarungi Tsehai Briefly Abducted in Kenya

Journalist Maria Sarungi Tsehai from Tanzania was kidnapped in the middle of Kenya's capital Nairobi. Tanzania's secret service is suspected of being behind it. more...

Journalistin Maria Sarungi Tsehai aus Tansania wurde mitten in Kenias Hauptstadt Nairobi entführt. Dahinter steckt mutmaßlich Tansanias Geheimdienst. mehr...

Entführung in Kenia: Kidnapping auf offener Straße

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Kidnapping in Kenya: Kidnapping on the Street

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 14 – Tanzanian activist Maria Sarungi has ruled out the involvement of Kenyan police in her abduction on Sunday. Narrating the ordeal to the press in Nairobi on Monday evening, she revealed that her abductors desperately avoided police checkpoints. “At some random stops, they ordered me to hide, and I could hear someone talking to them from outside the car,” Sarungi revealed. She said her abductors did not have any security e…

Capital FM Kenya

Chris Kirubi

Nairobi

Nairobi County

Kenya

Maria Sarungi rules out police involvement in her abduction. Here is why

Tanzanian activist and media practitioner Maria Sarungi Tsehai Monday recounted the terrifying details of her abduction in Nairobi’s Kilimani neighborhood on Sunday afternoon.  Sarungi known for her criticism of the Tanzanian government, was apprehended by three armed and hooded men before being released later that evening after public pressure and intervention by human rights organisations. She explained during a media briefing on Monday that t…

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Tanzanian Activist Maria Sarungi Recounts Abduction Ordeal in Nairobi

She expressed gratitude to the media, international organisations, and individuals whose outcry played a key role in her release.

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Dar es Salaam

Tanzania

Sarungi: Abductors warned me against speaking to anyone after my release

A Citi Hoppa bus driver who attempted to save Tanzanian human rights activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai during her abduction on Sunday, January 12, 2025, has shared his experience. Isaac Mwangi, the driver, tried to thwart the abductors’ plans by blocking their vehicle along Argwings-Kodhek Road in Kilimani, Nairobi County. Mwangi displayed courage by attempting to intervene in Sarungi’s kidnapping despite the risk posed by the armed assailants. Reca…

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Bold Citi Hoppa Driver Who Tried to Stop Abductors Speaks Out

Nairobi, January 14, 2025– CPJ calls on the Kenyan government to conduct a comprehensive investigation after four unknown men assaulted and abducted prominent Tanzanian journalist and human rights activist Maria Sarungi Tsehai for about four hours on Sunday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. “With attacks on dissidents living in exile in Nairobi and a wave of abductions targeting critics of the government, Kenya has become incredibly hostile for …

Committee to Protect Journalists

Tanzanian journalist Maria Sarungi Tsehai briefly abducted in Kenya  - Committee to Protect Journalists

Maria Sarungi, a prominent Tanzanian human rights defender and independent media editor, has recounted her harrowing experience following her abduction in Nairobi’s Kilimani area on 12 January 2025. She was taken by three armed men and held until her release late that night. Speaking to journalists on Monday, 13 January 2025, in Nairobi, Sarungi revealed […]

Rights activist links brief kidnapping in Kenya to Tanzanian government

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