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Kenya: Calls for Inquest After Attack On DW Journalist

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As the world marks Press Freedom Day, calls for Kenyan authorities to investigate an attack against a DW journalist continue. She was covering a protest against COVID restrictions when struck by tear gas fired by police.

The German Embassy in Kenya has joined an increasing number of voices condemning Saturday’s attack by police against DW East Africa correspondent Mariel Müller, calling for an investigation in a tweet on Monday.

The embassy account wrote that it was concerned by Saturday’s event “in which DW press correspondent Ms Mueller was injured by a tear gas canister fired by the Kenyan police while she was covering a demonstration. We have requested a swift investigation of the incident from the Kenyan authorities.”

Müller was covering what she called a peaceful protest against police brutality and coronavirus lockdown measures in central Nairobi when she was hit by two separate tear gas canisters fired by police.

DW calls for an investigation

DW Director General Peter Limbourg marked World Press Freedom Day by writing letters to Kenya’s Interior Ministry, the director of police and other authorities in Kenya to call for an investigation into the attack.

“Such police behavior against the media cannot go without consequences… The freedom of the press has to be guaranteed under all circumstances. Your active contribution to achieving this is called for more than ever as today we are marking World Press Freedom Day,” Limbourg wrote in his letter.