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Human Rights Watch boss claims his life is in danger

Human Rights Watch East African Director, Otsieno Namwaya addressing the media in Nairobi on 31st May 2023 regarding Kenya’s continuous abusive policing of protestors. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Associate Africa Director Otsieno Namwaya has accused officers allegedly from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) of persistent surveillance and harassment, claiming that his life and those of his family are in danger.

According to Namwaya, plainclothes officers from the DCI’s Operations Support Unit (OSU) have been monitoring his residence for the past two weeks.

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