When police openly beat protesters in the street, there are witnesses, videos, and clear accountability
chains. When courts convict dissidents on trumped-up charges, there’s a legal record to challenge.
Disappearances create no such paper trail.
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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 …
Telecom infrastructure is dual-use: it connects communities and enables mobilisation, but without strong legal protections, oversight, and telco accountability it also becomes a vector for repression. The pattern across Kenya, …
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 …
When police openly beat protesters in the street, there are witnesses, videos, and clear accountability chains. When courts convict dissidents on trumped-up charges, there’s a legal record to challenge. Disappearances …
At VOCAL Africa, we’ve documented dozens of cases since 2023. What emerges is not random violence but a calculated system of terror designed to silence dissent while maintainingplausible deniability
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