Kenya's crackdown on protesters sparks Amnesty warning

Kenyan authorities are using authoritarian tactics to silence protests against economic hardship, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The rights group documented arbitrary arrests and detention, abductions, malicious prosecution of protesters, surveillance, and media repression. It urged the government to address the economic grievances driving the protests and to end its repressive tactics. The demonstrations target deepening economic hardship and the government's aggressive fiscal policies.