Leading Kenyan lawyer and the country's former Justice Minister Martha Karua says she has been deported from Tanzania to prevent her from attending the court case of opposition leader Tundu Lissu.

Karua, a lawyer who is a potential candidate for Kenya’s 2027 presidential election, said she was expelled from Tanzania on Sunday ahead of attending opposition leader Tundu Lissu’s treason trial.

Kenyan lawyers sue Tanzania at East Africa Court over May deportation of Martha Karua, Willy Mutunga and others denied entry at Dar es Salaam airport.

Martha Karua calls for release of Tindu Lissu. Karua on April 24 led the pan-African rights lobby in maintaining that the treason charges against the chairperson of Tanzania’s leading opposition ...

Martha Karua, a lawyer and presidential candidate in Kenya, said Sunday she had been expelled from Tanzania, where she had been due to attend the trial of a prominent opposition ...

"Rogue Regime" - declared the headline of Kenya's respected Standard newspaper as it pointed out that young people had ...

Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua, a presidential candidate who also represents opposition figures on trial in neighbouring countries, was arrested in Tanzania ...

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Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDC) has condemned the arrest and detention of Martha Karua, Gloria Kimani and Lynn Ngugi at Julius Nyerere International Airport, calling it an ...

Leading Kenyan lawyer and the country's former Justice Minister Martha Karua says she has been deported from Tanzania to prevent her from attending the court case of opposition leader Tundu Lissu ...

Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua, a presidential candidate who also represents opposition figures on trial in neighbouring countries, was arrested in Tanzania on Sunday, a spokesperson told AFP.