UN Experts criticize Kenya Police for Excessive Use of Force against Peaceful Protesters

The demonstrators were protesting against alleged government corruption when police used teargas and batons to disperse them
A group of UN human rights experts* has condemned a violent clampdown on a peaceful protest in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, while urging the authorities to investigate claims of excessive use of force and arbitrary arrest – both against demonstrators and journalists – and to hold all perpetrators accountable. The demonstrators were protesting against alleged government corruption when police used teargas and batons to disperse them. A number of people are reported to have been injured or detained during the incident on 3 November. “Interference with the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is inexcusable at any time, but it… Read more
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United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)