Kenya

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Sixty people were killed and hundreds injured when police used excessive and unnecessary force against people protesting a proposed finance bill. Draft legislation threatened to impose further restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. More than 600 protesters were arbitrarily arrested and detained, and dozens were forcibly disappeared. Extrajudicial executions continued to be reported. The government forcibly evicted thousands of people from the Mathare and Mukuru Kwa Njenga settlements, amid heavy rainfall and flooding. At least 97 women were killed between August and October, most as a result of gender-based violence, according to official statistics. Implementation problems with the new Social Health Fund affected some people’s access to healthcare. The government’s digital identification project threatened to undermine the right to privacy.

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Retains the death penalty in law, but hasn’t executed for at least 10 years

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