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UAE businesswoman sues Kenya over 'rendition' UAE businesswoman sues Kenya over 'rendition'
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A United Arab Emirates (UAE) woman is suing the Kenyan authorities, saying she was kidnapped by police, taken to Somalia and Ethiopia, and tortured. A court in Kenya has begun hearing a case filed by a United Arab Emirates (UAE) woman who says she was seized by Kenyan special forces, taken to Somalia and Ethiopia, and tortured.
Kamilya Mohammedi Tuweni says she was seized by Kenyan special police and accused of being an al-Qaeda agent while on trip to Kenya in 2007. Kamilya Mohammedi Tuweni says she was accused of being an al-Qaeda agent while on trip to Kenya in 2007.
Ms Tuweni was released without charge after being detained for 72 days, and was given no reason for her detention.Ms Tuweni was released without charge after being detained for 72 days, and was given no reason for her detention.
The head of Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit denies the allegations.The head of Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit denies the allegations.
Monday's proceedings have now finished and the presiding Judge Isaac Lenaola has set the next hearing for 29 October. The case has now been adjourned until 29 October.
Ms Tuweni is suing the Kenyan government for financial compensation and is demanding a formal apology for her treatment.Ms Tuweni is suing the Kenyan government for financial compensation and is demanding a formal apology for her treatment.
Frequently breaking down in tears as she gave evidence to the court in Nairobi via video-link from London, Ms Tuweni said that she needed money to pay for medical help, according to Kenyan rights group Journalists for Justice, whose representative was present at the hearing.Frequently breaking down in tears as she gave evidence to the court in Nairobi via video-link from London, Ms Tuweni said that she needed money to pay for medical help, according to Kenyan rights group Journalists for Justice, whose representative was present at the hearing.
Documents submitted to the court stated that Ms Tuweni was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after she was "mentally and physically tortured" during her detention. Documents submitted for the case stated that Ms Tuweni was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after she was "mentally and physically tortured" during her detention.
Her ability to make a livelihood for her and her children had been dealt "a fatal blow" by her ordeal, and she had forever lost the trust of her business contacts as a result, the documents added. Her ability to make a livelihood had been dealt "a fatal blow" by her ordeal, and she had lost the trust of business contacts as a result, the documents added.
The Kenyan police deny all the allegations, and "have no records" of Ms Tuweni or her colleagues being taken into custody, according to the replying affidavit from Anthony Sanguti, of Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). Ms Tuweni was born in Zanzibar, but is now a UAE citizen and no longer holds Tanzanian citizenship.
The Kenyan police deny all the allegations, and "have no records" of Ms Tuweni or her colleagues being taken into custody, according to an affidavit by Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU).
According to UK-based campaign group Redress, she was beaten throughout her time in captivity, threatened with rape and narrowly escaped being sold for drugs.According to UK-based campaign group Redress, she was beaten throughout her time in captivity, threatened with rape and narrowly escaped being sold for drugs.
Ms Tuweni, and two of her business colleagues, were arrested in the Kenyan resort town of Malindi near Mombasa.Ms Tuweni, and two of her business colleagues, were arrested in the Kenyan resort town of Malindi near Mombasa.
She says that on her arrival at the police station in Nairobi, an officer greeted her, saying: "Welcome, al-Qaeda". On her arrival at the police station in Nairobi, an officer greeted her, saying: "Welcome, al-Qaeda", she told the BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme on Monday.
"Just because we looked like Arabs and my partners could not speak English or Kiswahili but only Arabic, we had to be terrorists," Ms Tuweni told the BBC in 2007, shortly after being released. "I want them to pay for what I've been through for all these years because of them. I don't know why they put me there in the first place," she said.
Her colleagues, from Oman, were released after being questioned in Nairobi but she says she was taken to Somalia, where she was kept in a cell which had been damaged by shells, along with 21 other people. Her colleagues, from Oman, were released after being questioned but she says she was taken to Somalia, where she was kept in a cell along with 21 other people.
"For 12 days we had no food, even for some of the women who were pregnant and the little children among us."
After fighting escalated in Mogadishu, she says she was transferred to Ethiopia.After fighting escalated in Mogadishu, she says she was transferred to Ethiopia.
In Addis Ababa, she says she was interrogated by FBI agents, before eventually being freed without charge. In Addis Ababa, she says she was interrogated by FBI agents, and eventually released without charge.