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Rights groups demand withdrawal of protest broadcast ban

KTN news  centre in Nairobi, one of the media stations ordered to halt live protest broadcasts by the Communications Authority. [File,Standard]

Rights groups have demanded that the Communications Authority of Kenya withdraw its directive stopping live coverage of ongoing protests, calling the move unlawful and unconstitutional.

The demand was issued by the Law Society of Kenya, Kenya Medical Association, Amnesty International Kenya, Katiba Institute, Defenders Coalition, Independent Medico-Legal Unit, International Commission of Jurists (Kenya section), and the Social Justice Centres Working Group.

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