Meeting state force with care: How medics, lawyers and counsellors sprang to action

13 suspects at the Mombasa Law Court in Mombasa County on Wednesday 3rd July 2024, where the police officers prayed for 21 days to investigate the suspects for torching vehicles and destroying property during the anti-finance bill protests. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

On June 25, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and civil society organisations activated their emergency legal aid networks as scenes of chaos unfolded on the streets of Nairobi.

Protestors were being rounded up and some held incommunicado. Lawyers worked through the nights, tracing the missing in efforts to secure their release.