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The move comes as President William Ruto establishes the 15-member panel to operationalise a Presidential Proclamation aimed at creating a structured...
Amnesty's Monday report cited testimonies of displaced Palestinians and medical staff who treated malnourished children.
Maina Kiai takes over from Davinder Lamba, whose leadership anchored the commission through turbulent times, and will be deputised by Betty Okero.
Amnesty further faulted the silence of both governments throughout the period the activist was missing, saying it was deeply troubling and signals a l...
In a statement, Amnesty International demanded that authorities in both countries immediately disclose Mwagodi’s whereabouts, guarantee his safety, an...
Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Kenya Director Sheila Masinde expressed deep concern over the widespread human rights violations.
The protests, which erupted across major cities in Bangladesh in July 2024, were driven by widespread frustration among students over education reform...
Amnesty International's Secretary-General Agnès Callamard said the deal, inked in Washington, DC, on June 27, lacks provisions aimed at prosecuting th...
Young people, mostly from Gen Z (born in the late 1990s to early 2010s), have grown increasingly alienated from the government as confrontations escal...
According to LSK, thousands of Kenyans took to the streets in 23 counties to demand justice and government accountability, exercising their rights to...
According to figures from Amnesty International and Harm Reduction International, over 600 people were executed globally for drug-related offences in...
The demonstrations marked the anniversary of last year's deadly protests over the contentious Finance Bill 2024, which saw more than 60 people killed...
NCIC urged all participants to exercise their right to assemble and demonstrate responsibly, warning against any form of violence or incitement.
Amnesty Kenya's Irũngũ Houghton said the National Police Service urgently needs deep structural reforms, warning that the unchecked use of force and t...
Amnesty further urged that the findings of the investigations be made public and that any officers found responsible be held fully accountable per the...
Njeri created an online tool to help Kenyans oppose the proposed Finance Bill, 2025.
Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Eugene Wamalwa, and Rigathi Gachagua have urged President Ruto’s administration to compensate Kenyans affected by...
They were held incommunicado for days at an undisclosed location and reportedly subjected to severe beatings, torture, and humiliation by individuals...
Addressing journalists at Moi International Airport in Mombasa on Thursday, Mwangi said he was tortured so severely that he could barely walk.
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...
According to Mohammed, Saudi Arabia is home to more than 200,000 Kenyans working across different sectors, including domestic work, healthcare, constr...
Amnesty also said it had received “an alert from the healthcare professionals’ association” indicating that its president, Yonatan Dagnaw, “was arrest...
Recruitment agencies commonly mislead them about the nature of the jobs, only for them to arrive in Saudi Arabia to a far grimmer reality.
According to Amnesty, the system leaves migrant domestic workers particularly vulnerable, as they are excluded from Saudi Arabia's labour protection l...
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...
Despite high-level promises from the government to ensure accountability, Amnesty pointed out that there has been little progress in holding those res...
NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.
The two senior officers were transferred on Tuesday morning in a surprise move following Inspector General Douglas Kanja's directive last week.
Anami Daudi of Mukuru Social Justice Centre suggested that the killings should be declared as a national disaster.
Amnesty said on Saturday that if they were deported they could face serious human rights violations, which underscored "growing concerns about the saf...
