In a report released on Thursday - “‘You are All Terrorists:’ Kenyan Police Abuse of Refugees in Nairobi" - Human Rights Watch condemned the torture, rape and arbitrary detention of refugees.
Interviewing 101 refugees in Nairobi, HRW found that Kenyans of Somali ethnicity were arbitrarily accused by police of being terrorists, and demanded payments to secure release.
Highlighting the failure of the UN Refugee Agency to speak publicly on the issue, HRW called on Kenyan authorities to open an independent, public investigation into the allegations of abuses.