Nairobi, May 3, 2025 (AFP) - Outcry as Kenya arrests filmmakers on eve of Press Freedom Day

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2025-05-03

Rights groups condemned on Saturday the arrest of four Kenyan filmmakers which the activists linked to a BBC documentary about police killings during protests last year. The four independent filmmakers -- Nicholas Wambugu Gichuki, Brian Adagala, Mark Karubiu and Chris Wamae -- were arrested on Friday, the eve of World Press Freedom Day, in the capital Nairobi and charged with "publishing false information". The BBC said in a statement that none......

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