Kenyan activists Stories
Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi were reported apprehended by military operatives in Kaliro District, eastern Uganda, while accompanying Ugandan opposition...
UNP Spokesperson ACP Rusoke Kituuma added that they had no information on whether Njagi and Oyoo have been reported as missing persons.
The Mombasa Comrades and Activists Forum claims that Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, both well-known human rights defenders, were abducted and are being...
Judges said his posts incited violence and disorder, violating both Tunisia’s penal code and the 2022 cybercrime law, Decree 54. Observers note this i...
Njagi and Oyoo, who had joined NUP presidential candidate Bobi Wine’s campaign on Tuesday, were reportedly forced into a vehicle and had their phones...
Njagi and Oyoo, who are affiliated with the Free Kenya Movement, were reportedly seized on Wednesday, October 1, while participating in the campaign t...
In a statement on Wednesday, Free Kenya Movement National Coordinator Felix Wambua confirmed that the two were apprehended at Stabex Filling Station i...
The pardon follows el-Sisi’s recent directive for officials to review a petition from the National Council for Human Rights seeking clemency for sever...
Human rights defenders have emphasised that the combined threats to lawyers, activists, politicians, and ordinary citizens make it imperative for the...
The session, chaired by Nyeri Town MP Duncan Mathenge, grew tense as MPs expressed frustration that this was Arunduh’s second appearance without the r...
Hussein revealed that he was contacted to be part of the team that will oversee the compensation of the victims of protests, but he declined because h...
The Päijät-Häme District Court in southern Finland delivered the unanimous ruling, finding that Ekpa attempted to advance the Biafra cause through unl...
LSK President Faith Odhiambo said lawyers pursuing matters of public interest had increasingly become the greatest targets in what she described as po...
Mwangi stressed the urgent need for leadership that puts the welfare of ordinary Kenyans first and transforms their aspirations into practical policie...
Kibera Law Courts rejected an application by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (...
Kahawa Law Courts Senior Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage warned that failure to report progress would result in the immediate return of the gadgets.
The families emphasised that any compensation process must be guided by justice, accountability, and direct dialogue with survivors rather than interm...
Hundreds of men and women, dressed in white, marched from the Thomas Sankara Memorial to the Ivorian embassy, carrying placards and chanting demands f...
A series of recent developments in Nairobi have triggered concern in Washington, with US legislators now calling for a formal reassessment of the part...
This comes after Mwabili was reportedly abducted in neighbouring Tanzania and later found dumped in the Kinondo area of Kwale, sparking outrage among...
Mwagodi reportedly told fellow activists that he was beaten, pricked with unknown objects, and had his head stepped on during the ordeal.
Amnesty further faulted the silence of both governments throughout the period the activist was missing, saying it was deeply troubling and signals a l...
According to Muhuri Rapid Response Officer Francis Auma, Mwagodi was handed over to Kenyan authorities by Tanzanian officials at the Lungalunga border...
In a bid to stop the protests that have caused deaths, injuries and wanton destruction of properties, the State seems to be growing firm, and is now v...
Mwangi, a prominent activist known for his outspoken advocacy on social justice, has denied any wrongdoing and described the charges as politically mo...
The activist, who appeared before Magistrate Gideon Kiage of Kahawa Law Courts, had been accused by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations of bein...
Police claim the items they allegedly recovered at his office (two unused tear gas canisters and one blank round of 7.62mm ammunition) are evidence of...
Njeri accused police of deliberately targeting Mwangi by raiding his office with a predetermined plan saying that authorities arrived already aware of...
Unlike live ammunition, blank rounds do not fire actual bullets but produce noise and muzzle flash to simulate real gunfire, making them suitable for...
DCI confirmed that the activist is being held at Pangani Police Station as he undergoes processing ahead of the arraignment scheduled for Monday.
