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| Kenya anti-terror laws: Court scraps main clauses | Kenya anti-terror laws: Court scraps main clauses |
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| Kenya's High Court has thrown out key aspects of a tough new anti-terrorism law after a legal challenge by the opposition. | |
| Eight clauses were annulled, including those which curbed media freedom and capped the number of refugees and asylum-seekers to 150,000. | Eight clauses were annulled, including those which curbed media freedom and capped the number of refugees and asylum-seekers to 150,000. |
| The government said the law was needed to counter the growing threat posed by militant Islamists. | The government said the law was needed to counter the growing threat posed by militant Islamists. |
| The opposition warned that it violated civil liberties. | |
| The law was passed during a chaotic parliamentary session in December, following the killing of 64 people in two attacks in north-western Kenya by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group. | The law was passed during a chaotic parliamentary session in December, following the killing of 64 people in two attacks in north-western Kenya by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group. |
| In September 2013, 67 people were killed when al-Shabab militants laid siege to the upmarket Westgate shopping centre in the capital, Nairobi. | In September 2013, 67 people were killed when al-Shabab militants laid siege to the upmarket Westgate shopping centre in the capital, Nairobi. |
| On Saturday, al-Shabab posted a documentary-style account of the siege online. | On Saturday, al-Shabab posted a documentary-style account of the siege online. |
| A masked fighter suggested that similar attacks could be carried out on shopping centres in Canada, France, the US and UK. | A masked fighter suggested that similar attacks could be carried out on shopping centres in Canada, France, the US and UK. |
| Al-Shabab is fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia, but it has been increasingly targeting neighbouring Kenya. | Al-Shabab is fighting to create an Islamic state in Somalia, but it has been increasingly targeting neighbouring Kenya. |
| The militants are demanding the withdrawal of Kenyan troops in Somalia. | The militants are demanding the withdrawal of Kenyan troops in Somalia. |
| Kenya sent soldiers into Somalia in 2011 to attack the militants, accusing them of being behind the kidnapping of foreigners on Kenyan soil. | Kenya sent soldiers into Somalia in 2011 to attack the militants, accusing them of being behind the kidnapping of foreigners on Kenyan soil. |