US EditionOne Year on, Families Still Crying for Justice After Protest Deaths
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A year ago, at least 60 people died in demonstrations against a tax law in Kenya. For the anniversary, many people went to the streets – the situation escalated again.
At least sixteen people have been killed in protests in Kenya, according to human rights organization Amnesty. More than 400 people were also injured. Thousands of protesters took to the streets to commemorate the victims of police violence a year ago. In June 2024, sixty people were killed when the police intervened harshly during a storming of parliament. That was the culmination of a series of demonstrations by mainly young Kenyans. The prote…
A Year Later, Kenya’s Youth Are Still Protesting
Thousands of Kenyans took to the streets today, one year after protesters stormed Parliament in a dramatic climax to the 2024 anti-government demonstrations. What began as resistance to a controversial Finance Bill quickly evolved into a national reckoning with corruption and inequality.While protesters waved flags and held posters with the faces of those killed last year, chants of "Ruto must go" echoed across Nairobi. Police sealed off roads i…
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