Kenya abductions spark fears of a return to dark past

"I was scared he had come to beat me or finish me off," a government critic tells the BBC about his ordeal.
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A judge has warned he will imprison top security officials for contempt of court on Monday if they fail to appear for a third time to account for a recent string of alleged abductions.
The case is linked to the disappearances documented by Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights since nationwide protests against proposed tax hikes began last June.
At least 24 are said to still be missing.
The police and government deny kidnapping and illegally detaining protesters, but the country has a history of state-sponsored abductions, and some Kenyans fear they are returning to that dark past.
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