Kenya sued by widow of Pakistani journalist over husband’s death

The wife of a well-known Pakistani journalist is taking legal action against the Kenyan government for purposely killing her husband, according to AP news agency.

Javeria Siddique took legal action in Nairobi on Wednesday, claiming that Arshad Sharif was unjustly killed.

A journalist was shot and died one year ago by officers from Kenya’s special police group called the General Service Unit (GSU).

The police officers involved in the situation said they thought they had arrested the wrong person, but the wife of the deceased person disagrees with the police’s statement.

She told the Associated Press that her husband was killed on purpose because he criticized the Pakistani military.

Sharif went to Kenya in August 2022 to avoid being arrested for several crimes and charges related to trying to overthrow the government.

According to AP, Ms Siddique said that the Kenyan government never reached out to her and never showed any kindness. She also said that it is really cruel for a government to be so insensitive.

The lawsuit says that Ms Siddique wants the police officers who killed her husband to be punished and prosecuted by the police, attorney general, and director of public prosecutions.

Ms Siddique also wants the attorney general to say sorry publicly, admit the truth, and take responsibility for Sharif’s death.

In simpler terms, last year, investigators from Pakistan wrote a very long report after Sharif was killed. They found that the Kenyan police gave different and conflicting information about the case.

The Islamabad authorities accused two Pakistani businessmen who live in Kenya of being involved in a murder that happened in December 2022.

Pakistan’s military has said that they were not involved in this.