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The second issue of our newly revamped magazine, The Jurist Ke, is out now! 📰 Explore powerful stories from across Kenya and the continent, from advancing justice and defending human rights to safeguarding the rule of law. 💡 In this issue: ⚖️The launch of ICJ Kenya’s…
For the 10th year, @DefendersKE and the Working Group on Human Rights Defenders are honouring Kenya’s boldest voices for justice. Nominate a Human Rights Defender who inspires you, someone making a real difference in their community. 🗓️ Deadline: July 31, 2025 🌍 Nominate now:…
The Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, 2025 raises major concerns around privacy, free expression, and digital access. An explainer by our Digital Rights & Inclusion Transformation Lead, @CJaikah highlights how the Bill could: 🔍 Enable mass surveillance 💬…
In Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, impunity, political repression, and abuse of state power continue to silence dissent. From enforced disappearance to judicial intimidation, democratic institutions are being undermined while civic space shrinks rapidly. 🛑 We must resist the…
JOINT STATEMENT: The arrest of @bonifacemwangi comes after weeks of coordinated, well-funded online disinformation campaigns targeting, the Police Reforms Working Group, human rights defenders, and opposition parties. These attacks are part of a broader effort to intimidate…
This weekend, our Deputy Executive Director, @kipdemas , joined Citizen TV to discuss a timely and critical conversation: Protests & Human Rights, with a focus on the Bail and Bond Policy Guidelines. At a time when public demonstrations and the rights of citizens are under…
Tonight at 9PM, our Deputy Executive Director, @kipdemas , will be on @citizentvkenya Weekend to unpack the state of human rights in Kenya, delve into pressing security concerns, and discuss the Bail and Bond Policy Guidelines. Don’t miss this important conversation on justice,…
In the corridors of Justice: Two leading human rights defenders, Ms. @AAgather from Uganda and Mr. @bonifacemwangi from Kenya, accompanied by seven leading civil society organisations and regional bar associations, have filed a Reference at the East African Court of Justice…
A case has been filed at the East African Court of Justice regarding serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, and unlawful deportation of @AAgather and @bonifacemwangi by agents of the Tanzanian government.
In a historic move, the Government of Kenya has paid 16 million Kenyan shillings (approx. USD $124,000) in compensation to four of the eight survivors of sexual violence in Petition 122 of 2013 marking the first time in Kenya’s history that survivors of conflict-related sexual…
JOINT STATEMENT: The aftermath of the #SabaSaba2025 protests has exposed deeply troubling patterns of police brutality, extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearances, some carried out by unidentified operatives in unmarked vehicles. We call on the @NPSOfficial_KE ,…
MEMORIAL: Pheroze was not just an ordinary lawyer; he was a guardian of principles, a defender of the voiceless, and a skilled practitioner of the Constitution. He lived and breathed the ideals of human rights, embracing them as a way of life rather than just a profession. His…
