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Human rights groups condemn planned anti-LGBTQ protests

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Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Irungu Houghton. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

Amnesty International Kenya has expressed concern over the surgency of attacks on the LGBTQ community.

Amnesty Executive Director Irungu Houghton in a statement on Thursday, October 5, stated LGBTQ identifying persons have recently been the target of hateful online and verbal attacks, which pose a threat to their lives.

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