RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Stories

Kenya’s Human Rights Crisis: Report exposes a year of crackdowns, abuses

Mary Wambui | Feb 12, 2025

HRW links last year's threats to probe 16 civil society organisations (CSOs) funded by the Ford Foundation over claims that they were funding the prot...

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds

UN News | Feb 05, 2025

The report highlights three large-scale massacres that resulted in over 300 deaths, with the most severe attack occurring in the Wharf Jérémie neighbo...

How crackdowns on protests exposed escalating human rights abuses in Kenya

Human Rights Watch | Jan 17, 2025

Police shot directly into crowds, killing protesters and bystanders. The authorities have continued to track down people believed to be protest leader...

Human rights groups demand action on enforced disappearances in Garissa

Issa Hussein | Nov 19, 2024

The activists demanded collective action to end the impunity with which state apparatus allegedly violate the rights of victims of enforced disappeara...

IGAD member states urged to prioritise children in policy implementation

Amina Wako | Aug 25, 2024

Children in IGAD member states represent a significant proportion of the population, ranging from 36 per cent in Djibouti to as high as 54 per cent in...

Moi era torture survivors want Nyayo House chambers preserved as museum

Lucy Mumbi | Jul 10, 2024

Patrick Onyango's trauma was exacerbated by the torture of his fiancée who later took her own life.

KNHCR to Ruto: Kenya is burning, act on escalating human rights violations

Eastleigh Voice Reporter | Jun 25, 2024

Call to action on the escalating human rights violations and state of anarchy in the country during the ongoing protests against the Finance Bill 2024...