Law Society envia equipe após prisão de Maraga em protesto no parque

A Law Society of Kenya enviou advogados à Delegacia de Polícia de Lang’ata para buscar a libertação do ex-presidente da Suprema Corte David Maraga e de outros ativistas presos durante um protesto na segunda-feira, 8 de junho.

Maraga foi detido ao longo da Lang’ata Road enquanto demonstrava contra a suposta alocação irregular de terras dentro do Parque Nacional de Nairóbi. Outros nove manifestantes também foram levados sob custódia, e a polícia confiscou equipamentos de jornalistas que cobriam o evento, segundo o ex-jornalista da BBC Ian Wafula. O presidente da LSK, Charles Kanjama, disse que a sociedade enviou uma equipe jurídica para exigir a libertação incondicional dos detidos. Ele descreveu as prisões como um ataque às liberdades constitucionais sob o Artigo 37 e pediu o fim do assédio aos atores cívicos. O protesto visava planos do Kenya Wildlife Service de desmatar cerca de 76 acres de floresta para um orfanato de animais realocado e um estacionamento de 8 acres ligado ao Centro de Convenções Internacional Bomas, avaliado em KSh 41,9 bilhões. Grupos ambientais se opuseram ao projeto, citando a falta de participação pública e ameaças ao ecossistema do parque. Kanjama afirmou que locais de patrimônio nacional não devem ser negociados a portas fechadas e pediu uma auditoria pública transparente do plano de expansão de Bomas.

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