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Outrage at killing of Kenya rights activists

Source: The independent

Nairobi : Kenya | 8 months ago

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Two Kenyan campaigners against extra-judicial police killings have been shot dead hours after the government called them a front for a notorious crime gang. "We are in shock. These two were well-known within the human rights community," Florence Jaoko, chairwoman of state-funded Kenya National...

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