Ugandan activist allege say dem rape am during detention for Tanzania
Warning: Dis tori get details of sexual assault
One Ugandan activist wey dem arrest and hold for days in Tanzania and dem later find at di border between di two kontris don tell di BBC say dem rape am for detention.
Expanding on wetin she bin tok earlier, her rights group tok say she show "indications of torture", Agather Atuhaire allege say pipo wey wear plain clothes "blindfold" her, afta which dem hit her, "violently" strip and sexually assault her.
Dem hold Atuhaire wia she no fit tok for Tanzania alongside fellow Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi, wey dem later find on Thursday for di border.
Di Tanzanian authorities neva comment.
"Di pain dey too much," Atuhaire tok, showing di BBC one mark from wia dem handcuff am.
She add say she dey "scream so hard" dem gatz cover her mouth.
Atuhaire tell di BBC about her alleged rape in graphic detail.
She tok say she also hear screams from Mwangi, and pipo wey dey hold am threaten to circumcise am.
Di pair do go to Tanzania to show solidarity wit opposition leader Tundu Lissu, im appear for court on Monday afta dem charge am wit treason
Mwangi recount im alleged experience for one post on X: "Dem torture us, and ask us to strip naked and to go baff. We no fit waka and dem tell us to crawl and go wash off di blood."
Despite say dem allow am into di kontri, Mwangi and Atuhaire no dey permitted to attend di hearing and arrest dem.
On Monday, President Samia Suluhu Hassan don warn say she no go allow activists from neighbouring kontri to "meddle" in her kontri affairs and cause "chaos".
Dem find Atuhaire wia dem abandon her at di border on Thursday night afta she bin dey custody since Monday, Agora Centre for Research, one Uganda-based rights group, post on X.
Uganda high commissioner to Tanzania Fred Mwesigye tok say Atuhaire don "safely returned home" and "her family don warmly receive am".
Mwangi, wet dem bin don find on roadside for northern Tanzania near di Kenyan border, tok say im dey hear as Atuhaire dey "groan in pain" wen dem hold dem togada on Tuesday.
"Any attempt to speak to each oda during di night dem torture, and kick and insult us. Dem remove us from di torture location in different vehicles," Mwangi tok.
E tok say pipo wey hold dem dey get dia orders from di "state security" official, dem direct am to give di activist "Tanzanian treatment".
Mwangi disappearance don spark widespread concern across Kenya, wit im family, civil society and human rights group wey organise protests and demand for im release.
On Wednesday, di Kenyan goment formally protested against im detention, accusing di Tanzanian authorities of denying consular access despite repeated requests.
Earlier on Thursday, Kenya foreign affairs ministry issue one statement wia dem tok say dem no get access to di activist.
Regional rights groups don call for investigation into di alleged mistreatment of di activists by di Tanzanian authorities and urge all East African kontris make dem uphold rights treaties.
Additional reporting by Basillioh Rukanga in Nairobi
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