Kenya’s president signed a controversial law Friday that grants sweeping new authority to security forces. The legislation was passed in a chaotic session of parliament over objections that it violates basic rights.
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Protesters are beaten with wooden clubs inside the back of a police pickup truck after being arrested outside the Parliament building in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014.
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Protesters against the new security law are arrested by riot police after shouting against the new law, outside the Parliament building in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014.
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Kenyan policemen stand guard near the parliament building during the debate of controversial new security legislation, in Nairobi, Dec. 18, 2014.