Freed Kenyan Cleric Refuses To Leave Jail

A Muslim cleric has asked a Kenyan court not to release him from the prison despite being acquitted of terrorism charges. Sheikh Guyo Gorsa Buru was also arrested in the January 2018 in the northern Kenya and charged with possession of material promoting a terrorist group and then collaborating with al-Shabab militant group. But this

week, the court released him saying the state had failed to prove their case. He however refused to also leave the notorious Kamiti prison saying he feared for his life. The cleric alleged that he could be abducted and killed by the state once he is free. The chief magistrate ordered that he could stay at the prison for a period not exceeding 30 days after which he would be set free. He however has to

pay the government for his stay at the facility. Mr Buru has also filed a different case at the high court seeking to have state protection once he is freed. His case has also reignited debate about enforced disappearances in the Kenya. A recent report by the Amnesty International and other human rights groups blamed the police for an increase in brutality, extrajudicial killings and abductions in Kenya. The police deny the allegations.