Western envoys concerned about arrests and disappearances as Kenya takes UN rights council seat

Western envoys successful Kenya person raised concerns complete reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances and urged for swift investigations arsenic nan state takes up its spot successful nan United Nations Human Rights Council

NAIROBI -- Western envoys successful Kenya person raised concerns complete reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances and urged swift investigations arsenic nan state takes up its spot connected nan United Nations Human Rights Council.

In a associated connection connected Thursday, nan 9 ambassadors and precocious commissioners said they “will support Kenya successful corralling nan governmental will basal to effect change.”

Human authorities groups person accused nan authorities successful Kenya of arbitrarily arresting and detaining authorities critics, while respective group person been reported missing and, successful immoderate cases, their mutilated bodies discovered days later.

Kenya was among respective African countries elected to nan U.N quality authorities assembly connected Oct. 9.

The envoys’ connection comes days aft 4 Turkish nationals were abducted from Kenya and repatriated contempt registering pinch nan U.N arsenic asylum seekers, citing threats to their lives backmost home.

“Abduction and forced return to countries they fled straight violates nan rule of non-refoulement enshrined successful Kenyan law,” Amnesty International Kenya wrote successful a connection past week.

Under world law, non-refoulement prohibits nan return of immoderate personification to a state wherever they would look torture, cruel, inhuman aliases degrading treatment, aliases different irreparable harm.

The Kenya National Commission connected Human Rights connected Thursday said it had investigated 60 cases of extrajudicial killings and 71 cases of abductions and enforced disappearances since June.

The state witnessed a bid of nationwide anti-government protests that culminated successful nan storming and burning of parliament connected June 25, erstwhile respective protesters were changeable dormant extracurricular parliament gates.

The constabulary connected Wednesday said that 97 women had been killed by men successful nan past 3 months and he highlighted an summation successful gender-based violence.

The lawman inspector wide of police, Eliud Kipkoech Langat, said location had been an summation successful execution and manslaughter cases and called it a “troubling trend.”

The latest killings impact 3 women who went missing. Their bodies were past week discovered mutilated and dumped successful different areas.

In July, nan dismembered bodies of 9 women were recovered successful a quarry successful nan capital, Nairobi. A antheral fishy was arrested and detained arsenic investigations continued but he later escaped from constabulary custody.

The authorities has successful caller days been accused by quality authorities groups of utilizing arrests and abduction to ace down connected critics.

A celebrated activist, Boniface Mwangi, was connected Sunday detained by men who refused to place themselves. He was held astatine a constabulary position for a time and later released without charge.