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Kenya: Police Fire Tear Gas as Nairobians Protest Lack of Services, Rights Violations
VOA, 8 July 2020
Hundreds of demonstrators, mostly from poor parts of Nairobi, marched through the streets Tuesday of the Kenyan capital to protest against violent policing and the lack of basic… Read more »
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Kenya: Activists Who Were Arrested During Botched Saba Saba Protest to Appear in Court
Nairobi News, 8 July 2020
More than 50 human rights activists who were arrested on Tuesday in Nairobi during the Saba Saba demonstration will appear in different courts within the city on Wednesday. Read more »
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Kenya: Police Disrupt Saba Saba Protests in the City
Nation, 7 July 2020
Several protestors taking part in Saba Saba demonstrations across Nairobi on Tuesday morning were met with teargas and arrests by police. Read more »
Teargas, Arrests Disrupt Kenya's Saba Saba Protests
Conveners of the protests have said they were denied permission to hold demonstrations yet the Constitution only requires them to notify the police of their intention. July 7, 1990 was the day on which nationwide protests took place in a demand for multiparty democracy from the Daniel Arap Moi regime and the protestors hence took to the streets to mark the movement's 30th anniversary.
Fr Gabriel Dolan, of civil society group Haki Yetu, tells Mombasa residents the Saba Saba story, during an exhibition along Nyerere Road, as the movement marked its 30th anniversary on July 7, 2020.
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