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Liberal_in_LA

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Mon Nov 24, 2014, 12:11 AM Nov 2014

men join women in protest in Kenya. 100 arrested for stripping woman who dressed "indecently" [View all]

About 100 people have been arrested in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after a second woman was attacked for allegedly dressing indecently, police say.

The woman's clothes were torn off and she was assaulted and paraded along a road, police added.

The arrests in raids across the city were aimed at curbing the harassment of women, police said.

About 200 people rallied in Nairobi on Monday over the alleged stripping of a miniskirt-wearing woman last week.

The BBC's Robet Kiptoo in Nairobi says Kenya is a conservative society, where activists complain that women's rights are often violated.

'Shame on you'
Our reporter says the attack on a second woman has shocked many people, and police responded by carrying out swoops at various bus ranks.

Nairobi police chief Moses Ombati said 20 people had been arrested in connection with the latest attack.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30093816


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