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How three Kenyan fishermen are suffering in foreign detention camps

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Three Kenyan fishermen boarded a Kenyan-flagged vessel off the coast, unaware that their Sri Lankan captain had secret orders to steer them into international waters, deep into the Indian Ocean.

As the sun sets tonight, three Kenyan families will retire with troubled hearts, their kin incarcerated miles away from home.

Each passing day without contact deepens their despair. The government remains silent, leaving the families to fend for themselves.

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