"Not Worth the Risk": Threats to Free Expression Ahead of Kenya’s 2017 Elections

Publisher:
Article 19
Publication Date:
30 May 2017
Tags:
Kenya, Governance, Press and Media

An independent media is crucial for Kenya's ability to hold free and fair elections. But rather than protecting free expression and media rights - guaranteed by Kenya's Constitution and international human rights law - Kenyan officials have responded to critical press coverage with harassment, threats, criminal charges, withholding of advertising revenue and even violence against journalists and media outlet, according to the Article 19 report.

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