Human Rights Stories
EU member nations will need to decide how to respond to the analysis. Their options range from suspending the current agreement to imposing economic s...
They appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Gladys Olimo on Wednesday, but the court was informed that no charge sheet had been filed.
The Ministry of Defence had earlier opposed the physical appearance of BATUK officers, citing existing protocols. But MPs dismissed that position, say...
KNCHR largely blamed the violence on police brutality and assaults by hired goons working in coordination with law enforcement.
The Kenyan government, a sitting member of the UN Human Rights Council, now finds itself under fresh scrutiny.
If Kenya doesn’t grapple with police impunity, then the anniversary of the June 2024 protests will be just another date in history when the state brut...
UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts called on the Tanzanian government to "immediately stop the enforced disappearance of political opponents, h...
Human rights organisations now say Ojwang's death was not accidental but the result of torture inflicted by officers.
The Libyan Presidency Council also issued a decision to form another committee responsible for monitoring human rights conditions inside detention cen...
Lema, a prominent figure in Tanzania’s CHADEMA party, was detained for more than four hours on Friday, June 6, at the Namanga border post before being...
The government said the deliberate move aims to protect public morals and uphold national laws governing online content.
Samia has come under fire in recent weeks following the arrest and levelling of treason charges against Lissu, as well as the detention of Kenyan acti...
Sifuna urged the government to take firm action, including banning the leadership of Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), from visiting...
The Police Reforms Working Group – Kenya, a coalition of national and grassroots organisations, is pushing to petition Kenyan and Ugandan parliamentar...
MUHURI's Auma cited gaps in the ongoing investigations by the security agencies, adding that police have not fully involved the aggrieved families in...
“From Tanzania, if we have wronged you in any way, please forgive us. Our friends from Uganda, if we have wronged you in any way, please forgive us,”...
National Assembly Majority Whip Sylvanus Osoro confirmed the Tanzanian leaders' attendance and invited them to join the Kenyan and Ugandan delegations...
This follows comments by Tanzanian MPs during a budget debate on Monday, where they accused Kenya of meddling with Tanzanian affairs.
MPs said the government’s actions as necessary and said Tanzania was acting within its rights to protect its national interests.
Atuhaire said she was blindfolded, beaten, violently stripped, and sexually assaulted by individuals in plain clothes who detained her.
The civil society groups described these acts as “crimes against humanity and a betrayal of the democratic values our people have long fought for.”
Mudavadi urged Kenyans to understand the broader context, stressing that Kenya’s prosperity depends on building bridges with its neighbours rather tha...
MUHURI expressed concern on prevalent human rights abuses including Gender-Based Violence (GBV), forced disappearances, marginalisation and underdevel...
Addressing journalists at Moi International Airport in Mombasa on Thursday, Mwangi said he was tortured so severely that he could barely walk.
The activist’s detention had sparked widespread outrage, seen by many as an arbitrary move that violated both bilateral and international norms.
The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs urged Tanzania to "expeditiously and without delay facilitate consular access to or release of Mwangi."
Maraga said Mwangi has been detained without access to a lawyer, the courts or Kenyan consular officials, which goes against international human right...
Khelef wants to establish whether the requisite public participation was conducted in line with the inclusivity, good governance, integrity, transpare...
Mwangi was arrested on Monday, May 19, 2025, in Dar es Salaam, alongside Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire after they flew to Tanzania to attend a cou...
Tanzania’s Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Justice, Damas Ndumbaro said Karua, two others were deported to protect the integrity of the legal...
