Lawyers condemn Tanzania over deportation of Kenyan activists
People's Liberation Party leader Martha Karua addresses the media at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi on arrival from Tanzania where she was denied entry on May 18, 2025.
The East African Law Society (EALS) has condemned the mistreatment of several Kenyan human rights activists, including a former Chief Justice.
The activists had travelled to Tanzania separately on Sunday and Monday, only to be detained and deported from Julius Nyerere International Airport. Those deported back to Nairobi on Sunday was Martha Karua, Kenya’s former Justice Minister, along with two of her colleagues.
