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Police Tear Gas Activists Protesting the Death in Police Custody of a Kenyan Blogger
- Albert Omondi Ojwang, a social media influencer and blogger, died on Sunday, June 8, 2025, while in police custody at Nairobi Central Police Station.
- Ojwang was arrested on Friday, June 6, 2025, by Directorate of Criminal Investigations detectives in Homa Bay for alleged false publication involving a derogatory social media post.
- After arrest, Ojwang was transported about 350 km to Nairobi, detained without local booking, and later found unconscious with head injuries, reportedly from hitting a cell wall.
- Police confirmed Ojwang was pronounced dead on arrival at Mbagathi Hospital, with officers interdicted pending a thorough Independent Policing Oversight Authority investigation.
- Amnesty International Kenya called Ojwang’s death very suspicious, urging an urgent, independent inquiry by IPOA and KNCHR with public disclosure and accountability for responsible officers.
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Police tear gas activists protesting the death in police custody of a Kenyan blogger
Kenyan police have tear gassed activists twice as they marched to the main police station in the capital Nairobi during a protest against the death of a blogger under unclear circumstances.
Police clash with protesters over Kenyan blogger’s mysterious death in custody - The Zambian Observer
Kenya’s capital was rocked by unrest on Monday as police twice fired tear gas at demonstrators marching toward Nairobi’s Central Police Station. The protests were sparked by the suspicious death of blogger Albert Ojwang while in police custody, a case that has ignited national fury and revived memories of past state brutality. Ojwang, arrested in […] The post Police clash with protesters over Kenyan blogger’s mysterious death in custody first ap…
Kenyan police fired tear gas on Monday as activists marched to police headquarters in the capital Nairobi to protest the death of a blogger. Albert Ojwang was found dead in police custody, the Associated Press reported. Police said Ojwang died after “his head hit the wall of his cell.” Activists have disputed that version of the cause of death. Ojwang was arrested in Homa Bay, western Kenya, on Friday and taken 400 kilometers to Nairobi for alle…
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