KAMPALA, Uganda| Lawyers representing Ugandan lawyer and activist Agather Atuhaire have asked the Inspector General of Police in Tanzania to summon her in court for mention of charges.

 Atuhaire was arrested together with Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi this week in Dar es Salaam, where they had gone to observe the trial of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu.

The lawyers, led by Jebra Kambole, moving in a matter of nature habeas corpus, have written to Tanzania’s Inspector General of Police asking him to release the two in the interest of justice.

Kambole said the determination of the application requires extreme urgency. Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi’s last public physical appearance was 19th May 2025.

”The applicants have been under the custody of the 1st to 5th respondents inclusive since the last appearance on 20th May, 2025, when the said police authority promised to deport them to their respective countries, Kenya and Uganda, via Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Airport, and, ever since, the whereabouts, mental and physical conditions of the applicants remain unknown, and they have been held incommunicado.” reads the application

The application appeals to the Dar es Salaam zonal police commander, the Dar es Salaam crime officer, the officer commanding criminal investigations, the officer commanding Central Police Dar es Salaam, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Attorney General of Tanzania Station Tanzania.

Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan on Monday warned activists from Kenya and Uganda that she will not allow them to meddle her country’s affairs

 “If they have been contained in their country, let them not come here to meddle. Let’s not give them a chance. They have already created chaos in their own country.” Suhulu said

She added that “We should not give them a chance to destroy our country. If there is a country that has people who have peace and are safe, it is Tanzania. We will not give a chance to any creature to come and destroy us, whether it comes from within or without our borders.