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Defenseless defenders: Activists tell AU the high human cost of protecting rights in Kenya

The lobby cited, among other events, the murder of activist Richard Otieno.

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by GORDON OSEN

News05 May 2025 - 04:55
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Defenders Coalition boss Kamau Ngugi reads the statement on the situation in Kenya before the African Commission on Human and People's Rights /HANDOUT

Suppose you are a human rights activist or a government critic in Kenya. In that case, chances are you may well face digital and physical surveillance, arrest — or worse — your body could be picked up from a thicket, activists have told the African Union. 

They have urged the AU’s rights watchdog to impose sanctions on Kenya. 

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