Francis Nyaruri
Year: 2009
Nationality: Kenya
Killed by: Government Officials
Location: Nyanza Province, Kenya
Press organization: Weekly Citizen
What's Francis Nyaruri's story?
Nyaruri, a reporter for the privately owned Weekly Citizen, who wrote under the name Mong’are Mokua, went missing from his home on January 16, 2009, according to a 2015 court ruling on the case and a June 2013 report filed by Kenya’s Ministry of Information to UNESCO, both of which cite Nyaruri’s wife, Josephine Kwamboka. His decapitated body was found on January 29, in the Kodera Forest in western Nyanza province. His hands were bound, and marks were found on his back. His wife identified him at Kisii Hospital.
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