Sunday, August 26, 2007
According to the Muslim Human Rights Forum, 18 Kenyans arrested since last year are being detained in Ethiopia, Somalia and Guatanamo Bay in Cuba.
The lobby claims that the latest captive, Mr Farah Mohammed Abdullahi, 26, was abducted by Kenyan police last Sunday and his family fears he, too, will be taken out of the country.
Mr Abdullahi's younger brother, Mr Abdi Rashid, was seized in January 20 by anti-terrorism police officers and questioned over links to a militia which took control of Somalia capital Mogadishu, but has since been ousted.
"Efforts to trace my son indicate he was repatriated to Ethiopia where he is imprisoned," said their father, Mr Mohammed Abdullahi.
"We have looked for him at police stations but we have not been able to find him."
According to their lawyer, Mr Harun Ndumbi, Mr Farah was accosted on Sixth Avenue of Nairobi's Eastleigh estate by "people suspected to be security agents" after he left a mosque.
However, police denied arresting the man.
The disappearance was reported to the Kasarani police station in the city.
"For the first two days since he went missing, we tried to raise him on his cellphone, and the calls went through but nobody answered," Mr Abdullahi said.
"Since then, the phone is out of reach."
Mr Abdullahi accused police of refusing to cooperate and said they are reluctant to carry out a search.
Source: Daily Nation, Aug 26, 2007