Amnesty International is deeply concerned with the rising cases of police brutality and forced evictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and as Kenya heads to the general elections. Amnesty International Kenya (AIK) has documented 170 cases of extrajudicial killings and 32 cases of enforced disappearances. AIK has documented 26 cases of extrajudicial killings and two cases…
STATEMENT ON THE DISCOVERY OF OVER 30 BODIES IN THE YALA RIVER, SIAYA COUNTY SATURDAY 22ND JANUARY 2022 Following the public interest in the discovery of over thirty bodies, Amnesty International Kenya has completed a fact-finding mission to the area around River Yala. Contrary to the statement of the Police Spokesperson, we can confirm that…
By Lucretia, LGBTQ Refugee in Kakuma Refugee Camp My preferred name is Lucretia but I was legally named Ssenyonjo John, a transgender female from Uganda. I liked the name, Lucretia. When I recognized there is someone special within my body who is not John, I decided to name her that. I, therefore, feel bittersweet, special,…
Amnesty International Kenya condemns the increasing trend by the Kenyan authorities to undermine the lawful right to assemble and protest under Article 37. Today,19 June 2019, citizens were teargassed and violently dispersed without any justification. Under the banner ‘#Africans4Sudan’ the citizens had gathered to express solidarity with Sudanese citizens who are calling for democratic change…
PRESS STATEMENT 20TH JANUARY 3,700 Kenyans have in 48 hours signed a petition dubbed ‘No Guns in our Clubs’ on change.org. The petition demands safe work spaces for disc jockeys, for club owners to declare clubs as gun-free, and justice for Felix Orinda popularly known as Dj Evolve who was shot twice in the neck…
An Opinion Poll on the 71st Anniversary of the Universal declaration of human rights Generation Z (18-25) in Kenya feel that the most important issues facing Kenya are corruption (78%), economic instability (36%) and lack of access to quality healthcare (32%). While this is on the domestic front, they feel that terrorism (41%), climate change…
24 May 2019 Amnesty International Kenya is concerned by the 3-judge bench High Court decision that affirmed the constitutionality of laws criminalising consensual sexual contact between persons of the same sex; and, sexual contact what is termed as ‘against the order of nature’. The decision was precipitated by a constitutional petition challenging the constitutionality of…
8 May 2019 Summary Amnesty International Kenya is pleased to present these comments on Kenya’s Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (“the Bill”). Published in a Special Issue of the Kenya Gazette Supplement on March 15, 2019, the Bill seeks to amend Kenya’s Public Order Act (Cap.56) by adding clauses imposing both civil and criminal liability…
As Caroline is laid to rest, Amnesty International Kenya acknowledges efforts of the Dandora Community Justice Center, Justice Centers working groups, IMLU, NCHRD-K, KHRC, Haki Africa, IJM as well as human rights networks and CSOs across the country for following up on the case of Caroline Mwatha. The human rights fraternity and more so, human…
Amnesty International Kenya calls upon the Government to acknowledge, interrogate and implement the findings and recommendations contained in the report released by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights on 29th November 2018. The report titled “Silhouettes of Brutality: An Account of Sexual Violence During and After the 2017 General Elections” outlines serious human rights…
PRIVATIZATION OF EDUCATION IN KENYA The Intervarsity Human Rights Debate Championship 2018 (IHRD 2018) officially opened today at Strathmore University and will run for two days 30th November and 1st December. The event is expected to bring together 22 varsities reaching over 8000 students. Initiated in 2012, this annual event creates a forum for university…
25th April 2018 Amnesty International expresses our deepest condolences and admiration to the family of the late Kenneth Njindo Matiba. “Amnesty considers him to be a courageous man who will be forever known as one of the Kenyans who wrestled us from the tyranny of one man, one party rule and gross human rights violations.…