<p>Nairobi: Police in Kenya's capital Nairobi fired teargas to try to disperse protesters demonstrating on Monday against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics as well as detaining some of those taking part.</p><p>Dozens of Kenyans have been abducted in recent months, according to human rights groups, who blame the extrajudicial arrests on Kenya's police and intelligence services.</p><p>Kenyan authorities have said that the government does not condone or engage in extrajudicial killings or abductions.</p><p>Some groups of young protesters marched in downtown Nairobi while small groups of others staged sit-ins as clouds of teargas hung in the air. They chanted slogans against the government, with some holding placards denouncing illegal detentions as police on horseback patrolled nearby.</p>.Year-ender 2024 | More roadblocks than leaps: The state of women's rights across the globe .<p>Among the protesters was opposition lawmaker Okiya Omtatah, who was taking part in a sit-in, with demonstrators using thick chains to hold them together as riot police tried to prise them apart.</p><p>Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reported that Omtatah and 10 other protesters had been detained during the protests.</p><p>Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei and national police spokesperson Rosalia Onyango did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.</p><p>The alleged abductions followed anti-government protests that started in June this year.</p><p>Initially aimed at overturning proposed tax hikes, the demonstrations eventually evolved into a movement that cut across Kenya's traditional ethnic divisions, becoming the biggest threat to the incumbent President William Ruto's government.</p>
<p>Nairobi: Police in Kenya's capital Nairobi fired teargas to try to disperse protesters demonstrating on Monday against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics as well as detaining some of those taking part.</p><p>Dozens of Kenyans have been abducted in recent months, according to human rights groups, who blame the extrajudicial arrests on Kenya's police and intelligence services.</p><p>Kenyan authorities have said that the government does not condone or engage in extrajudicial killings or abductions.</p><p>Some groups of young protesters marched in downtown Nairobi while small groups of others staged sit-ins as clouds of teargas hung in the air. They chanted slogans against the government, with some holding placards denouncing illegal detentions as police on horseback patrolled nearby.</p>.Year-ender 2024 | More roadblocks than leaps: The state of women's rights across the globe .<p>Among the protesters was opposition lawmaker Okiya Omtatah, who was taking part in a sit-in, with demonstrators using thick chains to hold them together as riot police tried to prise them apart.</p><p>Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reported that Omtatah and 10 other protesters had been detained during the protests.</p><p>Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei and national police spokesperson Rosalia Onyango did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.</p><p>The alleged abductions followed anti-government protests that started in June this year.</p><p>Initially aimed at overturning proposed tax hikes, the demonstrations eventually evolved into a movement that cut across Kenya's traditional ethnic divisions, becoming the biggest threat to the incumbent President William Ruto's government.</p>