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Uncovering the Standard Group raid, 12 years later

Copies of The Standard strewn all over following the raid on March 2, 2006. [Photo/Standard]

Journalists and media managers yesterday voiced their concerns over ongoing Government interference in media operations ahead of the 12th anniversary of the attack on Standard Group premises in Nairobi.

A few minutes after midnight on March 2, 2006, masked men stormed the company’s offices at I&M building in the heart of the city and switched off the lights and CCTV cameras. They also immobilised the lifts before detaining and harassing the journalists they found on duty.

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