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Activists warn of election-year spike in State abductions

Law Society of Kenya members led by LSK chairman Eric Kivuva and vice chair Teresia Wavinya Nicholas demand the release of abducted lawyer Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi at the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi on November 11, 2026.  [David Gichuru, Standard]

Human Rights activists have warned that the cases of enforced disappearances may spike during the next year’s General Election and want the State to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance as a move to curb the vice.

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