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November 3, 2016. \u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003EAn anti-riot police officer aims a teargas canister while journalists cover an anti-corruption protest in Kenya\u0027s capital, Nairobi. November 3, 2016.\u00a0\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2016 REUTERS\/Thomas Mukoya\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\u00a0\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022image\u0022\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cp\u003EKenya will hold presidential and general elections in August. Campaigns are a difficult time for Kenyans, who may associate voting with tension and chaos. They keenly remember how 2007 post-election violence split groups down ethnic lines and left more than 1,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Kenya\u2019s media play a key role in reporting on election-related subjects critical to voters, like corruption, police brutality, and land acquisition. Yet Kenya\u2019s journalists, already facing obstacles to their reporting, increasingly fear threats and physical attacks to silence them as the election nears. Kenya researcher Otsieno Namwaya speaks with Audrey Wabwire about the new Human Rights Watch report, \u201c\u2018Not Worth the Risk\u2019: Threats to Free Expression Ahead of Kenya\u2019s 2017 Elections,\u201d and what he learned, together with the media freedom group Article 19 Eastern Africa, when they talked to journalists and bloggers across the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cp\u003ERead the full interview \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2017\/05\/30\/interview-crackdown-media-ahead-kenyas-2017-vote\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\t\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022 data-lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u003Cp lang=\u0022en\u0022 dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u0022Media needs to be able to report freely on decisions made by key government officials\u0022 as Kenya elections approach \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/jntKtSKknF\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/jntKtSKknF\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u2014 Maria Burnett (@MariaHRWAfrica) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaHRWAfrica\/status\/869449824038420480\u0022\u003EMay 30, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__304360__en","data":"","settings":null}]