Countries asked to stop funding forces implicated in human rights violations
Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth leaves the podium after releasing a report on disappearance and deaths in counterterrorism operations in Nairobi and northeastern Kenya at Sarova Stanley hotel in Nairobi on July 20, 2016. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Human Rights Watch said if donors wished to continue support to Kenya’s security forces, they should not provide help that may directly contribute to abuses.
The lobby said it has documented 34 cases of enforced disappearances of people arrested by the police, Kenya Wildlife Service personnel and the military, during abusive counterterrorism operations in Nairobi and northeastern Kenya.
The US and other countries supporting counterterrorism activities have been asked to stop funding forces implicated in human rights violations.
Human Rights Watch, an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said if donors wished to continue support to Kenya’s security forces, they should not provide help that may directly contribute to abuses.
