Nairobi, June 27- The United Nations Human Rights Commission has strongly condemned the use of lethal force by police during the June 25 protests in Kenya, describing it as a violation of both international law and the Kenyan Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement issued Thursday, June 26, the UN said it was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d by reports that at least 16 protesters were killed and many more injured, accusing the government of using excessive force to suppress peaceful demonstrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression are cornerstones of the rule of law and must be respected,\u201d the UN stated, urging President Ruto\u2019s administration to uphold citizens\u2019 constitutional freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The protests, held to mark the anniversary of the deadly 2024 anti-Finance Bill demonstrations, turned chaotic in parts of the country, with police reportedly firing live rounds and tear gas at protestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UN has called on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to carry out prompt, independent, and transparent investigations, and to ensure that officers responsible are held accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJustice must be served without delay to restore public trust and prevent future violations,\u201d the UN emphasized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nairobi, June 27- The United Nations Human Rights Commission has strongly condemned the use of lethal force by police during the June 25 protests in Kenya, describing it as a violation of both international law and the Kenyan Constitution. In a statement issued Thursday, June 26, the UN said it was \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d by reports that at least 16 protesters were killed and many more injured, accusing the government of using excessive force to suppress peaceful demonstrations. \u201cThe right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression are cornerstones of the rule of law and must be respected,\u201d the UN stated, urging President Ruto\u2019s administration to uphold citizens\u2019 constitutional freedoms. The protests, held to mark the anniversary of the deadly 2024 anti-Finance Bill demonstrations, turned chaotic in parts of the country, with police reportedly firing live rounds and tear gas at protestors. The UN has called on the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to carry out prompt, independent, and transparent investigations, and to ensure that officers responsible are held accountable. \u201cJustice must be served without delay to restore public trust and prevent future violations,\u201d the UN emphasized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3122,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3120\/revisions\/3122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}