Kenyan activists Stories
Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo describe being abducted, held in a freezer, denied family contact, and subjected to starvation and torture during a 38-day...
Some of the protesters waved flags and chanted, while others held slogans calling for land rights or carried signs saying, "Our land is not for sale."
Museveni alleged that the two had connections to opposition leader Bobi Wine and were suspected of plotting anti-government protests.
The US-based influencer, who lives in Los Angeles and is known for her fiery political posts, is accused of fueling protests that turned deadly after...
Maraga slammed both the Ugandan and Kenyan governments, accusing them of complicity through silence and failure to protect citizens from cross-border...
The order follows an urgent application filed by Mbijiwe’s mother, Jane Gatwiri, who sought judicial intervention to compel the government to immediat...
Rights organisations in Kenya are sounding the alarm over the deteriorating health of activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who were abducted in Kamp...
In Nairobi, civil society group Vocal Africa has written to the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, expressing deep concern over the activists’...
Both the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have denied knowledge of the activists’ detention or location.
Mwangi said that the bullet casing was on top of a pair of shorts that had been ironed and brought to him by his daughter the previous night, after wh...
The organisations accuse security personnel of using the roadblocks to intimidate and harass motorists and residents, creating an atmosphere of fear t...
Mwangi is charged with offensive conduct under Section 94(1) of the Penal Code after allegedly using abusive language toward a police officer at the M...
On Tuesday, the families, accompanied by activists, visited the KNCHR offices in Nairobi to file official statements regarding the disappearance.
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...
