Police officers on Sunday arrested 3 individuals accused of holding a gathering to discuss the ongoing Israel- Palestine war. The ctivist Boniface Mwangi confirmed that the three identified as Imaduddin Ahmed, Muhammad Musa, and Ubax Abdi were picked up at around 4:00p.m. on Sunday and taken to Muthangari Police Station.
“Kenya Police have arrested Imaduddin Ahmed, Muhammad Musa, and Ubax Abdi at Cheche Books. They were arrested for meeting in a private space to discuss the Gaza genocide. Imagine that!, Kenya isn’t an extension of Israeli. These arrests are illegal and foolish!” Bonface Mwangi said in distress.
The executive director of Amnesty International Kenyan chapter, an organization that has reportedly called on Israel to cease attacks in Gaza, Houghton Irungu, stated that it had dispatched agents to the police station to handle the situation.
“This action is deeply disturbing and must be condemned. For the police to disrupt a peaceful private gathering is unlawful,” Irungu stated.
This comes after residents of Mombasa including Nyali Member of Parliament and other leaders held protest on Saturday 21 against the ongoing Israel-Palestine battle that has led to deaths along the Gaza Strip.