Lupita Nyong'o condemns deadly crackdown on Kenya protests

The Hollywood star, who grew up in Kenya, said the response to this year's protests was "upsetting".

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Demonstrators were met with police brutality, according to rights groups, with dozens of people killed and numerous others abducted.

Nyong'o, whose father was jailed and tortured under a former president, Daniel arap Moi, told the BBC: "It is chilling to know that this government is resorting to tactics that I had thought had been left in the past."

In response, the government said it was not possible to compare two "very different" administrations and that it "regrets any death that occurred".

But Nyong'o, an Oscar winner who grew up in Kenya but now lives in the US, said the government's handling of the protests was "upsetting".

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