Perpetua Kariuki

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Perpetua Kariuki

Perpetua Kariuki is a human rights defender and co-founder of the Kayole community justice centre based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Kenyan activists protest against extra-judicial killings by police officers in Mathare slum, a hotspot for summary 'executions' of suspected criminals allegedly by a police hit squad in Nairobi on April 13, 2022.

Kenyan activists protest against extra-judicial killings by police officers in Mathare slum, a hotspot for summary 'executions' of suspected criminals allegedly by a police hit squad in Nairobi on April 13, 2022. © Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images

Kenya: The Young Men Who Disappear

Many victims - usually people from the poorest slum areas - are never found. Campaigners say the police are often responsible.

30 Aug 22

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