The Workers’ Party of Ireland condemns the arrest, intimidation and harassment of anti-imperialist activists and international delegates in Nairobi, Kenya, following demonstrations against imperialism.

These arrests expose the anti-democratic and repressive character of a backwards regime, which continues to defend imperialist and corporate interests while criminalising solidarity with oppressed peoples. Those detained include respected activists, organisers and intellectuals from Kenya and across the world whose only “crime” is opposing imperialism, militarisation and neocolonial domination in Africa.

The detention of international delegates demonstrates the fear of growing international solidarity between progressive and revolutionary forces. History, in Ireland and beyond, has shown that repression, police intimidation and political persecution cannot defeat the struggle of working people for liberation.

The Workers’ Party of Ireland demands the immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested and calls for an end to state repression against anti-imperialist and democratic movements in Kenya.