Kenya: No Letup in Killings by Nairobi Police

February 20, 2020 Video Kenya: No Letup in Killings by Nairobi Police Evidence removed From Scenes; Failure to Investigate (Nairobi) – Since December 25, 2019, police in Kenya have shot dead at least eight people in Nairobi’s Mathare, Kasarani, and Majengo settlements, Human Rights Watch said today. The police continue to kill crime suspects and protesters in cold blood despite persistent calls to end the killings and the use of excessive force. The killings are the latest in a longstanding pattern of excessive force and unlawful killings in Nairobi’s low-income neighborhoods. Kenyan authorities…

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