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Rights bodies call for protection of peaceful protestors

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Protesters light bonfire in Mathare, Nairobi County on July 12, 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Intimidation of protestors and detention of journalists during demonstrations, top human rights violations by the government.

A report by Amnesty International and Civicus dubbed "people power under attack 2022," reveals that attacks on citizens and civil societies during picketing to respond to economic, political and social exclusion face an increasingly hostile environment.

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