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East African governments have constructed a sophisticated legal framework that provides a veneer of legitimacy to political repression:
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VOCAL Africa calls for an immediate review and amendment of all counter-terror provisions that can be misapplied against citizens exercising their constitutional freedoms. A democratic nation cannot criminalise dissent. Counter-terrorism must not become a cover for repression.
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Across East Africa, a familiar pattern emerges: young people take to the streets demanding accountability, and governments respond with force, surveillance, and fear. From Kenya’s Gen Z protests against the Finance Bill to Uganda’s youth activists challenging corruption, states are deploying extraordinary resources to silence voices that, on the surface, simply ask for better governance.
At VOCAL Africa, we work with families navigating this impossible terrain—seeking accountability for past harm while living under ongoing surveillance and threat. Their experiences reveal uncomfortable truths about justice in contexts where the state itself is the perpetrator.
Traditional opposition parties found themselves sidelined. Civil society organizations that had led previous movements scrambled to understand their role. Something fundamentally new was happening in East African activism—and it’s reshaping the entirelandscape of political accountability.
Six days since the abduction of Kenyan human rights defenders Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo in Kampala, their whereabouts remain unknown. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Vocal Africa, and Amnesty International Kenya express deep concern that, despite public outrage and ongoing diplomatic engagement, the two remain held incommunicado, a blatant violation of Ugandan and …
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