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Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images. The widow of Cosmas Mutethia, who was killed by Kenyan police during a night curfew, helping to bear a symbolic coffin at a protest outside the Kenyan Parliament, Nairobi, Kenya, June 9, 2020

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Not long after Kenya announced its first Covid-19 case on March 13, President Uhuru Kenyatta invoked the Public Order Act to activate a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, such as requiring face masks to be worn at all times, vehicles to run at half capacity, and the closure of religious centers, schools, and “non-essential” businesses. But it was the dusk till dawn curfew that became notorious.

The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA), a civilian organization created to monitor police misconduct, says that it has received more than ninety-five complaints of police misconduct and has confirmed thirty deaths, many of which occurred while enforcing this curfew.…  Seguir leyendo »

El 26 de julio de 2018 se organizó una manifestación en Managua para conmemorar los cien días de protestas ciudadanas contra el gobierno de Daniel Ortega en Nicaragua. Credit Marvin Recinos/AFP — Getty Images

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El presidente Daniel Ortega logró imponer su voluntad y aplastar las protestas mediante el terror. Desde que los manifestantes levantaran barricadas en todo el país, lo que inicialmente era una represión brutal se transformó en una cacería indiscriminada. Policías y pandillas “parapoliciales” han detenido arbitrariamente, secuestrado y desaparecido a decenas de personas.

En la década de 1980, la comunidad internacional adoptó el término “desaparición forzada” para los casos en que las autoridades o grupos que actúan con su connivencia privan de libertad a una persona y se niegan a reconocer que fue detenida o a informar su paradero o destino. La definición legal se creó, en parte, como respuesta a las dictaduras militares que utilizaron secuestros masivos para sembrar el terror en Argentina y Chile.…  Seguir leyendo »

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When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a state visit in Washington next month, will President Obama press him to improve China’s disturbing record on torture in detention?

If so, Xi might point to the case of Nian Bin, who was released last year through a rare exoneration after spending eight years on death row in China, convicted of a crime he did not commit on the basis of a confession that he says was obtained through torture. But Xi will probably not mention the reality that Nian remains plagued by flashbacks of being tortured in detention and reflexively assumes the position of being shackled while he sleeps.…  Seguir leyendo »