Amnesty International Stories

Families demand immediate release of Kenyan activists missing in Uganda
Barack Oduor  |  Oct 06, 2025

In a statement read by representatives of the three organisations and family spokesperson Nobert Ochieng, they said eyewitness accounts indicate the t...

KNCHR launches advisory on situation of human rights defenders in Kenya
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 30, 2025

The advisory calls on the government to strengthen law enforcement, review protection mechanisms, and foster stronger partnerships with non-state acto...

Rights groups welcome moving of Baby Pendo's case to Kisumu, push for speady prosecution
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 26, 2025

They added that unless the Judiciary now takes firm control of the timetable and resists further attempts to stall, survivors will continue to wait wi...

Amnesty International demands release of 36 opposition supporters jailed in Cameroon
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 22, 2025

In a statement on Monday, Amnesty condemned the ongoing detention of members of the Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC), who were among a l...

Amnesty backs Irungu Houghton's appointment to protest victims’ compensation panel
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 26, 2025

The move comes as President William Ruto establishes the 15-member panel to operationalise a Presidential Proclamation aimed at creating a structured...

Amnesty accuses Israel of intentionally starving Gaza population
DW News  |  Aug 19, 2025

Amnesty's Monday report cited testimonies of displaced Palestinians and medical staff who treated malnourished children.

Maina Kiai appointed chairperson of KHRC board of directors
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 07, 2025

Maina Kiai takes over from Davinder Lamba, whose leadership anchored the commission through turbulent times, and will be deputised by Betty Okero.

Amnesty urges East African Court to probe activist Mwabili Mwagodi's abduction
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 27, 2025

Amnesty further faulted the silence of both governments throughout the period the activist was missing, saying it was deeply troubling and signals a l...

Amnesty calls on Kenya, Tanzania to act following activist Mwabili Mwagodi's disappearance
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 26, 2025

In a statement, Amnesty International demanded that authorities in both countries immediately disclose Mwagodi’s whereabouts, guarantee his safety, an...

Unmarked Subarus, live ammunition: Police under fire over Saba Saba protest killings, injuries
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 15, 2025

Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Kenya Director Sheila Masinde expressed deep concern over the widespread human rights violations.

Leaked audio implicates former Bangladesh PM Hasina in deadly 2024 protest crackdown
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 11, 2025

The protests, which erupted across major cities in Bangladesh in July 2024, were driven by widespread frustration among students over education reform...

Amnesty International slams DRC-Rwanda peace deal for ignoring war crimes accountability
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 02, 2025

Amnesty International's Secretary-General Agnès Callamard said the deal, inked in Washington, DC, on June 27, lacks provisions aimed at prosecuting th...

Kenya’s June 25 protests reveal Gen Z-state rift amid crackdown, media censorship
DW News  |  Jun 29, 2025

Young people, mostly from Gen Z (born in the late 1990s to early 2010s), have grown increasingly alienated from the government as confrontations escal...

LSK condemns police brutality, sexual violence, media blackout during June 25 memorial protests
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jun 26, 2025

According to LSK, thousands of Kenyans took to the streets in 23 counties to demand justice and government accountability, exercising their rights to...

UN urged to condemn death penalty for drug crimes as executions surge
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 27, 2025

According to figures from Amnesty International and Harm Reduction International, over 600 people were executed globally for drug-related offences in...

16 killed in June 25 memorial protests, most by police – Amnesty International
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 26, 2025

The demonstrations marked the anniversary of last year's deadly protests over the contentious Finance Bill 2024, which saw more than 60 people killed...

June 25 Gen Z protests: NCIC, Amnesty urge peace, restraint and accountability
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jun 24, 2025

NCIC urged all participants to exercise their right to assemble and demonstrate responsibly, warning against any form of violence or incitement.

Amnesty slams police over Ojwang murder, calls for DIG Lagat’s resignation and swift justice
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 16, 2025

Amnesty Kenya's Irũngũ Houghton said the National Police Service urgently needs deep structural reforms, warning that the unchecked use of force and t...

‘He never even finished his lunch’: Grief, questions after blogger Omondi dies in police custody
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 08, 2025

Amnesty further urged that the findings of the investigations be made public and that any officers found responsible be held fully accountable per the...

Amnesty demands release of detained software developer Rose Njeri
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 03, 2025

Njeri created an online tool to help Kenyans oppose the proposed Finance Bill, 2025.

Kenya’s police brutality victims trapped in endless cycle of political promises and no justice
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 02, 2025

Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Eugene Wamalwa, and Rigathi Gachagua have urged President Ruto’s administration to compensate Kenyans affected by...

I was stripped, beaten- Uganda activist Agather Atuhaire recounts ordeal in Tanzania as Amnesty demands probe
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

They were held incommunicado for days at an undisclosed location and reportedly subjected to severe beatings, torture, and humiliation by individuals...

Rights groups demand probe into alleged torture of activist Boniface Mwangi in Tanzania
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 22, 2025

Addressing journalists at Moi International Airport in Mombasa on Thursday, Mwangi said he was tortured so severely that he could barely walk.

Amnesty blasts Kenya's Saudi envoy over dismissal of migrant abuse report
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 19, 2025

In a statement on Monday, Amnesty expressed shock at Ruwange's utterances, made in a Facebook post on May 17, in which he dismissed the findings of th...

Kenya defends labour deal with Saudi Arabia, dismisses Amnesty report as misleading
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 17, 2025

According to Mohammed, Saudi Arabia is home to more than 200,000 Kenyans working across different sectors, including domestic work, healthcare, constr...

Amnesty raises concern over “crackdown” on health workers in Ethiopia
Addis Standard  |  May 15, 2025

Amnesty also said it had received “an alert from the healthcare professionals’ association” indicating that its president, Yonatan Dagnaw, “was arrest...

Amnesty urges action as report exposes abuse of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 12, 2025

Recruitment agencies commonly mislead them about the nature of the jobs, only for them to arrive in Saudi Arabia to a far grimmer reality.

Amnesty urges Saudi Arabia to scrap kafala system trapping Kenyan domestic workers in abuse
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 12, 2025

According to Amnesty, the system leaves migrant domestic workers particularly vulnerable, as they are excluded from Saudi Arabia's labour protection l...

Rights groups decry injustice as charges against 8 officers in Baby Pendo case dropped
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 05, 2025

This comes after the ODPP reviewed the case on Monday and approved charges against only four of the accused individuals, with charges against the rema...

Amnesty International calls for accountability, transparency in KDF's role during Gen Z protests
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 29, 2025

Despite high-level promises from the government to ensure accountability, Amnesty pointed out that there has been little progress in holding those res...

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