The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, has called on the governments of Kenya and Rwanda to provide information on the whereabouts of Yusuf Gasana, a prominent Rwandan human rights defender who was allegedly abducted from his home in Nairobi on May 20, 2023. Gasana is a member of a community-based refugee organization in Nairobi that advocates against the involuntary repatriation of Rwandan refugees. Despite efforts by Gasana's family to seek answers from Kenyan authorities, no substantive response has been received. The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has raised his case with the Kenyan government. Informal sources have indicated that Gasana may be held in a secret detention facility in Rwanda. The unknown people who abducted Gasana are suspected of being Kenyan State agents. Both Kenya and Rwanda are bound by international human rights frameworks and have an obligation to investigate, search for the disappeared person, and hold those responsible accountable. [60eb0b4a]