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It further indicated that 130 people are still nursing injuries at home and in various health facilities across the country.
The protests, which erupted across major cities in Bangladesh in July 2024, were driven by widespread frustration among students over education reform...
Faridah Ally, a founder of Care Elimu and a youth advisory board member at the UN Human Rights Office, challenged the global body over its inaction in...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned the violence, calling the use of lethal force and acts of police brutality “deeply troubli...
Vocal Africa CEO Hussein Khalid, who joined families of those who lost their kin during the Monday protests in viewing their bodies, wondered how almo...
The commission accused President William Ruto’s government of orchestrating a campaign to intimidate and suppress voices critical of his administratio...
According to MUHURI, the officers accused the activists of "mobilising youth" and “radicalising” protesters, branding them a threat to state security.
They are demanding stricter regulation, including mandatory audits, clear labelling of reused bottles, and the adoption of a safe recycling model wher...
The petitioners argue that Murkomen is unfit to hold office following his orders as the comments constitute incitement to violence and unlawful acts.
The alliance condemned the June 25 crackdown on protesters, slamming the three government officials for failing to prevent widespread human rights vio...
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) had announced that it had apprehended John Mulingwa Nzau, also known as Garang; Mark Amiani, known as...
Kewosa said the protests, which also resulted in deaths, injuries, and property destruction, exposed women and girls to horrific abuses that must neve...
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said the fatalities were reported in six counties and resulted from gunshot wounds inflicted during clas...
The organisations said they had filed an urgent judicial review application at the High Court in Nairobi to challenge what they termed an unconstituti...
Local civil society groups and international observers indicate that over 120 children have been abducted in recent days by Al-Shabaab militants in th...
Envoys from 12 countries issued a joint statement calling on President William Ruto’s administration to respect citizens’ right to peaceful protest an...
The groups are calling on authorities to act urgently to prevent violence and safeguard the constitutional right to peaceful protest.
Over the weekend, police in Arusha detained Jackson Kabalo, 32, and Joseph Mrindoko, 37, accusing the two content creators of "improper use of social...
EALS noted that the change was necessary to ensure the safety, comfort and full participation of its over 800 expected delegates.
In a statement, MUHURI said unknown individuals broke into the office through the rooftop in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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...
