"No Let Up" in Kenya Police Killings in Nairobi: Daily Brief
Police in Kenyan capital Nairobi continue to kill crime suspects and protesters in cold blood; several people dead after a suspected far-right terror attack in Germany; China expels three international reporters; satirical performance group given extra prison time in Myanmar; free Kyrgyzstan's Azimon Askarov; and fears of a further crackdown in Guinea...
There has been "no let up" in police killings in Kenya, HRW said today. Police in Nairobi continue to kill crime suspects and protesters in the city's low-income areas despite persistent calls to end the killings.
At least nine people have been killed after a gunman opened fire on two shisha bars in the western German city of Hanau. Early police reports suggest the killer may have had a far-right motive.
Patients in China who are sick but not with Coronovirus are struggling to get medical care because health services are overwhelmed. In one of her last reports before being deported from China along with two colleagues from the same newspaper, this Wall Street Journal reporter shared her findings.
Three members of the Peacock Generation, a satirical performance group in Myanmar, have been sentenced to six additional months in prison for “online defamation” after sharing online their performances which were critical of the military.
An ailing human rights defender who has been wrongfully jailed in Kyrgyzstan should be released and have his prison sentence quashed, HRW said today.
And there are fears of a further crackdown in Guinea ahead of a constitutional poll set to be held in March 1, which could clear the way for President Alpha Condé to run for a third presidential term.