KENYA MUST LIFT PROTEST BAN AND END PATTERN OF POLICE BRUTALITY AHEAD OF POLL, UN EXPERTS WARN
(WorldNews Switzerland)

16 October 2017 GENEVA, 16 October 2017 (Issued as received) - Kenya must lift its newly-imposed ban on protests in key cities, end police brutality during demonstrations, and halt attacks on the judiciary and civil society in the tense run-up to presidential elections on 26 October, a group of UN experts* has urged. `It is precisely when political tensions are high that governments should do their utmost to let people express their grievances and to protect their rights. Participants in peaceful protests are exercising and defending their legitimate right to voice their demands and express dissent,` the experts said. `Even before this ban was imposed, we were witnessing a pattern of police...