A South Sudanese whistleblower who was abducted in Kenya in June and taken to South Sudan has been released after nearly two months in detention, his family said on Monday.
Athorbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit returned to Nairobi on Saturday and is now receiving medical treatment after his health worsened while held in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, the family said in a statement.
Gaddhaffy-Dit, who also holds Kenyan citizenship, was seized by armed, masked men as he left a casino on the outskirts of Nairobi in early June, according to a police report filed by his wife at the time, which cited witness accounts.
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi said in June that Gaddhaffy-Dit had told him in April that he had shared information related to allegations of high-level corruption in South Sudan.
South Sudan’s government spokesperson, Ateny Wek Ateny, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The government has consistently denied accusations of systematic human rights abuses and widespread corruption. Kenyan and South Sudanese officials both said in June that they had no knowledge of Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit’s disappearance.
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