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Police torture 'Standard' journalist for exposing human rights abuses

The Standard journalist Isaiah Gwengi. Mr Gwengi was stripped naked and taunted by Administration Police officers for fighting the Government. (Photo: Collins Oduor/Standard)

Seven armed Administration Police officers brutalised The Standard journalist Isaiah Gwengi for five hours inside a dingy police cell in a revenge attack for his investigative articles on their abuse of human rights.

During the ordeal, Mr Gwengi was stripped naked and taunted for fighting the Government using a "mere pen".

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