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Kenya: Police Reform Lobby Demands Answers on Abductions and Extra-Judicial Killings
Capital FM, 2 May 2021
Human Rights Organisations under the Police Reforms Working Group have decried the increased cases of enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings in the country, after a… Read more »
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Kenya: Bring an End to Extra-Judicial Killings, Police, Matiang'i Urged
Nation, 2 May 2021
Pressure is piling on the government and Inspector-General of Police Hilary Mutyambai to stop the rising cases of extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances. Read more »
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Kenya: Kapedo Six Were Tortured Before Being Shot Dead, Post-Mortem Shows
Nation, 28 January 2021
Six people whose bodies were found dumped in a thicket in Arabal, Baringo South last week were tortured before being shot dead, a post-mortem has revealed. Read more »
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Kenya: Abductions and Brutal Murders in Baringo's 'Wild West'
Nation, 21 January 2021
The last time they were seen alive, six residents of the insecurity-hit Chemolingot shopping centre in Baringo County were in the company of what locals describe as security… Read more »
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Kenya: At the Coast, Dozens Go Missing After Dreaded Visits By Masked Gunmen
Nation, 24 November 2020
At around 2am on October 30, a loud bang jolted Mr Mohammed Hussein out of deep sleep. Read more »
Kenyan Police to Answer for Abductions, Extra-Judicial Killings
Human rights groups have urged the Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and the Inspector-General of Police Hilary Mutyambai, as well as the top leadership of the National Police Service, to publicly denounce the spiraling killings of crime suspects and innocent people. This follows the recent abduction, torture and killing of four men in Murang'a and a young man identified as Collins, in Mathare, Nairobi. Police are also in the spotlight for the abduction and disappearance of Collins' friend Kelvin Irungu. The cases reportedly come weeks after the latest Missing Voices annual report indicated that 157 Kenyans died in 2020 at the hands of police officers, while 10 others disappeared while in police custody.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on the police to stop harassing the Royal Media Services company and its Citizen TV broadcaster, to refrain from summoning ... Read more »
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Two human rights lobby groups representing five victims of alleged police brutality, are suing the government for use of excessive force resulting in one death, perpetrated by ... Read more »
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There has been a steady rise in killings and disappearances linked to the police over the past decade, with 2019 the most deadly year so far, with 144 alleged cases. Men are ... Read more »
