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NAIROBI Monday, June 9, 2025: Now that the Inspector General, Douglas Kanja, has reportedly revealed DIG Eliud Lagat was the complainant, PRWG demands that DIG Lagat be investigated as to his role in the arrest that led to Albert Ojwang’s death. False publication is a misdemeanour “crime”. Why would the Directorate of Criminal Investigations use so much public taxes to arrest Albert Ojwang in Homa Bay and drive 350 km past several police stations and courts to Central Police Station, Nairobi? Why would a suspect commit suicide after peacefully complying with an arrest and actively calling for family and friends to raise bail for him?
Despite the Kenyan Government’s silence, the detailed accounts of East African human rights defenders Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire at the hands of Tanzanian police officers remains deeply disturbing one week on. Their courage to tell all has opened the world’s eyes to some of the worst human rights abuses in East Africa. The veil lifted, this week international attention shifted to the persecution of prominent religious leaders who have dared to criticize the Government’s behaviour.
We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of Albert Ojwang, who died last night at the Central Police Station in Nairobi.
This edition of the Amnesty Kenya Gazette arrives at a moment of reckoning and resilience. In recent weeks, we have celebrated landmark legal victories—including the ruling against Worldcoin’s illegal data harvesting practices and long-overdue progress in the Baby Pendo case, where officers were finally held accountable for police brutality. These wins serve as reminders that justice, though delayed, can prevail. At the same time, we confront disturbing setbacks: the crackdown on filmmakers, the resurgence of digital surveillance through the Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill, and the Tanzanian government’s brutal treatment of human rights defenders. In May, we launched two searing reports—Missing Voices 2023 and Locked In, Left Out—exposing the pain of police violence and the harrowing abuse faced by Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. These truths, though difficult, fuel our collective demand for dignity, accountability, and reform. Through every campaign, court ruling, and act of courage, we continue to protect those whose voices the state seeks to erase.
One of Kenya’s most famous freedom writers Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (87) died on Wednesday 28 May. As tributes from diverse quarters flood our timelines, I found myself reflecting on his relevance for our lives today.
NAIROBI, TUESDAY, 3 JUNE, 2025: The Law Society of Kenya and the Police Reforms Working Group call on the East African Community and the international community to demand that the Government of Tanzania hold accountable the police officers and their commanding officers responsible for the torture, assault, and sexual assault committed against Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire.
Nairobi, 3 June 2025: Amnesty International Kenya is shocked to learn that Rose Njeri was transferred from Pangani Police Station to an unknown destination by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations without any communication to her family or her lawyers yesterday.
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of our comrade, Joseph Oduor, a dedicated member of Amnesty International Kenya and the Annual Delegates Conference (ADC) Preparatory Committee.
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The prolonged detention, horrific torture and deportation of Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire has drawn international attention to the authoritarian practices of the Tanzanian administration, months before the general election in October. It has also provoked an important debate on the rationale for international trial observers and defense counsel.