On May 12 in Nairobi, Kenya, members of an international delegation were detained by Kenyan military and police forces during a protest march against the “Africa-France Summit.”
Those detained include Lee Sang-hun, former representative of the People’s Democracy Party of South Korea; Joti Brar, representative of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist); Dimitris Patelis, founding member of the Revolutionary Theory Group of Greece; and Song Dan-bi, director of the International Department of the People’s Democracy Party of South Korea. All are members of the delegation of the World Anti-Imperialist Platform. Also the members of the international delegations of the Pan-African Summit Against Imperialism(PASAI).
The World Anti-Imperialist Platform, together with the Communist Marxist Party of Kenya, co-hosted the 10th International Anti-Imperialist Conference and the International Anti-Imperialist Colloquium from May 9 to 10. On May 11, the delegation also participated in the Counter Africa-France Summit organized by PASAI.
According to participants, the protest march and demonstration on May 12 proceeded peacefully. However, Kenyan military and police forces fired tear gas and violently detained members of the international delegation. Police also confiscated journalists’ cameras and deleted photographs that had been taken at the scene.
