Kenya Should Address Unlawful Killings by Police

Expand Protesters carry photos of taxi driver Joseph Muiruri, who was killed extrajudicially alongside human rights lawyer Willie Kimani and his client, in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 4, 2016. Between 2016 and 2019, Kenyan police have used excessive and unlawful use of force resulting in killings during police operations. © 2016 Thomas Mukoya/Reuters It is time for Kenyan authorities to address the scourge of police killings in some of Nairobi’s poorest neighborhoods. Human Rights Watch investigations have found that in three separate incidents, Nairobi police killed no less than 21 alleged…

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