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Police savagely beat elderly people to the ground amid protests against presidential veto of pension increase

Attentively, I recorded everything as my partner pointed out a group of uniformed men armed with high-caliber shotguns and tear gas. When I turned to film them, chaos erupted in an instant. The police advanced with shields to clear the street, but the protesters resisted and refused to move. Shouts filled the air as police intensified their actions, igniting the...




Youth of Kenya face death and violence in Finance Bill protests, emerge victorious

When we arrived at the entrance to the protests, we encountered grave hostility. Officers with big guns commanded us off our bikes and instructed us to take the long way in. Before we could decide which way to go, people began running from the protest area with white and Kenyan flags, screaming. Tear gas left them with bloodshot eyes.  Fear...




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“As a 44-year-old, I have never walked barefoot in the grass:” Man with EB has skin as delicate as butterfly wings

Any movement can cause layers of skin to rub together like sandpaper. Unlike most people who, if they bump into something they develop a bruise, my skin just falls off as if nothing holds it to me. If I fell going up a flight of stairs too fast and lost control, my skin would fall off and likely never heal...

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