Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Kenyan authorities to end the apparent harassment of Otsieno Namwaya, the organization’s Associate Africa Director, over his work documenting human rights abuses in the country.

According to HRW, from August 23 to 25, witnesses observed groups of plainclothes officers suspected to be from the police’s Operation Support Unit monitoring Namwaya’s home. On one occasion, the individuals were seen photographing the property before parking their vehicles near a nearby police station and speaking with uniformed officers . HRW stated that these actions appeared to amount to intimidation tied to Namwaya’s work documenting human rights abuses in Kenya. The organization confirmed it has written to Inspector General Douglas Kanja seeking clarification on whe

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