Protesters took to the streets of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to express their fury over the death of a blogger arrested by police last week, as the country’s police watchdog reported that 20 people died in custody over the last four months.

Accordingto reports, police used tear gas to disperse crowds gathered near the capital’s parliamentary building yesterday, protesting the death of Albert Ojwang, a blogger arrested last week in the western town of Homa Bay for criticising the country’s deputy police chief, Eliud Lagat.

Police had initially said Ojwang died after hitting his head against a cell wall. Meanwhile, pathologist Bernard Midia, part of a team that conducted an autopsy, said the wounds including a head injury, neck compression, and soft tissue damage, pointed to assault as the cause of death.

It would be recalled that Kenya President William Ruto, admitted Ojwang died at the hands of the police, reversing earlier official accounts of his death in a press statement last Wednesday.