ザ・スタンダード（ケニア）

2006年2月下旬、ザ・スタンダード紙は、ムワイ・キバキ大統領と野党幹部のカロンゾ・ムショカ氏が秘密裏に会合を開いていたという記事を掲載した。3月2日午前1時 （現地時間、協定世界時22時）、AK-47を持った覆面をした武装集団がザ・スタンダード紙の編集部とテレビ局KTNを襲撃した。^{[ 6 ]}彼らはスタッフを襲撃し、コンピューターと送信機器を強奪し、3月2日号の新聞の全部を焼き払い、印刷機を破壊した。

At KTN, they shut down its flow of electricity, putting the station off the air. Initially, the Kenyan information minister denied knowledge of the raid, but later revealed that Kenyan police were responsible, and stated that the incident was to safeguard state security. "If you rattle a snake you must be prepared to be bitten by it," John Michuki said. Three journalists at The Standard, arrested after the critical story was printed, were released on 2 March on bail of 50,000 Kenyan shillings (US$692).^[7][8]

On 27 June 2026, three men in plainclothes and armed with AK-47 assault rifles intercepted The Standard associate editor Alex Kiprotich while he was driving to work in Nakuru; he was able to escape after locking his car doors and driving away.^[9] The incident occurred three days after William Ruto, the President of Kenya, criticised The Standard on X, accusing it of producing "EXTORTIONIST propaganda HEADLINES" against him and his government.^[10] The international journalistic rights group Committee to Protect Journalists called on Kenyan authorities to investigate the attempted abduction.^[11]