Arshad Sharif murder: Pakistani journalist's widow calls for prosecution of Kenyan police
Nairobi, May 9 -- The wife of Arshad Sharif, a Pakistan journalist who was shot dead in October 2022 in Kenya, now wants a declaration made that the act by police officers to kill him was unlawful and unconstitutional.
In a petition filed at the High Court in Kajiado County, Javeria Siddique, the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) and the Kenya Correspondents Association also want a declaration issued that the unlawful shooting of the journalist violated his right to life.
Sharif, a strident critic of Pakistan's powerful military, was shot dead on October 23, 2022, and the National Police Service (NPS) said he was killed during a shootout with officers attached to the General Service Unit (GSU).
Sharif was a passenger in a Toyota Landcru...
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