Kenya’s president signed a controversial law Friday that grants sweeping new authority to security forces. The legislation was passed in a chaotic session of parliament over objections that it violates basic rights.
Anti-terror Law in Kenya Elicits Negative Reactions
![Kenyan members of parliament Gladys Wanga, left, and Christine Mbaya leave the National Assembly to protest against the approval of new anti-terrorism laws in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Dec. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/89FCF703-7989-4A70-9A90-BDD0709F7052_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenyan members of parliament Gladys Wanga, left, and Christine Mbaya leave the National Assembly to protest against the approval of new anti-terrorism laws in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Dec. 18, 2014.
![Kenya's National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale, left, is escorted out of Parliament in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Dec. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/77951BE1-C75D-48AD-97EA-88CCA3132F01_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kenya's National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale, left, is escorted out of Parliament in Kenya's capital Nairobi, Dec. 18, 2014.
![Britaniya ortiq Yevropa Ittifoqining a'zosi bo'lmaydi.](https://gdb.voanews.com/19E20D35-02AF-4E7C-8BC1-924A5D6FA63B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Britaniya ortiq Yevropa Ittifoqining a'zosi bo'lmaydi.
![A protester shouts into a megaphone while holding the Kenyan flag outside the Parliament building in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F6A78830-E244-4023-BEE2-5D6BE6038227_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A protester shouts into a megaphone while holding the Kenyan flag outside the Parliament building in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014.