Kenya Journalist Escapes Abduction After Criticism of President

Kenya Journalist Escapes Abduction After Criticism of President

The Committee to Protect Journalists called late Monday for an investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a senior journalist in Kenya that followed angry criticism of his newspaper by President William Ruto.

Kenya: The Standard editor escapes seizure by armed men after president’s censure

New York, July 6—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kenyan authorities to investigate the attempt by heavily armed men to snatch The Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich from his car, days after the president criticized the media house, and ensure that those behind the incident are brought to justice. “The attempt to forcibly...

Kenya journalist escapes abduction after criticism of president: CPJ

The Committee to Protect Journalists called late Monday for an investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a senior journalist in Kenya that followed angry criticism of his newspaper by President William Ruto. Rights groups have reported dozens of abductions of government critics in Kenya in recent years.Alex Kiprotich, associate editor of The Standard newspaper group, says that heavily armed men attempted to seize him as he drove to work in…