{"id":3879,"date":"2015-01-02T09:18:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T14:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2015-01-02T09:18:40","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T14:18:40","slug":"bbc-news-kenya-court-suspends-parts-of-security-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3879","title":{"rendered":"BBC News – Kenya court suspends parts of security law"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC News – Kenya court suspends parts of security law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s High Court has suspended some sections of the controversial new security law, which was enacted two weeks ago amid fierce opposition.<\/p>\n

The court blocked eight clauses until a legal challenge mounted by the opposition and rights groups is heard.<\/p>\n

MPs had exchanged blows while debating the law, which the opposition said would turn Kenya into a “police state”.<\/p>\n

The government says the measures are necessary following a wave of attacks by Somalia-based Islamist militants.<\/p>\n

Some 500,000 Somali refugees live in Kenya and the government suspects some of them have links to al-Shabab militants.<\/p>\n

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…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/span><\/p>\n

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