Kenya: End Abusive Policing of Protests

Click to expand Image A riot police officer fires tear gas at protesters during a mass rally called by the opposition leader Raila Odinga over the high cost of living, in Nairobi, Monday, March 27, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi (Nairobi) – Nearly two months since a series of nationwide protests began, Kenyan authorities have failed to take sufficient action to hold police officers and their commanders to account for killings and attacks on protesters and other people, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Kenya said today. The Independent Policing  Oversight Authority (IPOA)…

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