Kenyan police cells have become death chambers. This indictment from the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (Imlu) is a grim irony — the very cells meant to be the safest points in the justice chain have turned into a suspect’s worst nightmare.
Imlu, a human rights organisation dedicated to exposing police brutality, reports that at least 17 people have died in police custody between 2024 and today.
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