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PHEROZE MUST BE PROUD OF BUTERE GIRLS’ SPINE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES
History judges harshly those who try to crush freedom of expression in children. The scenes from Butere High School this week were appalling. The poet in Pheroze Nowrejee, who died recently, would have been incensed. I also suspect, he would also have been deeply proud of the girls’ principled stand. “Echoes of war” was a…
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POLICE CRACKDOWN ON BUTERE GIRL’S PLAY VIOLATES CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AND SUPPRESSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ASSOCIATION
Nairobi, Thursday, 10th April 2025: Amnesty International Kenya strongly condemns the unlawful police actions on April 9 and 10, 2025, in Nakuru, where officers violently disrupted the performance of Echoes of War by students from Butere Girls High School. Journalists covering the play were assaulted, entry to the performance hall was blocked, and tear gas…
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STOPPING MASS EVICTIONS TAKES COURAGE
Nearly 400 kilometres apart, the communities of Kibos, Kisumu and Mukuru kwa Njenga, Nairobi had reasons to celebrate this last month. Two separate rulings by the Judiciary remind us that justice may delay, but when it swings in favour of those whose lives have been upended by forced evictions, it is sweet. Four years ago,…
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EXECUTING NDUTA WILL NOT STOP DRUG TRAFFICKING
I held my breath for Margaret Nduta Macharia (37) on Monday morning. 8,000 kilometers away from her home in Murang’a county, Ms Nduta faces death by lethal injection following her conviction for drug trafficking in Vietnam. In a rare stand for her life and against the death penalty, citizens, human rights organisations and the national…
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FROM A JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE, WAS THE DUTCH ROYAL COUPLE’S VISIT WORTH IT?
The visit of the Dutch royal couple provided another opportunity to alert the international community that accountability and justice for the 65 dead young protesters, the 89 who were abducted and those still injured like Nyerian Brian Mwangi, remains unaddressed. It also created a moment to test whether the Netherlands could combine respect for human…
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Health financing in the era of Aid freezes, reducing international collaboration and climate injustice-The case of Somalia and Zambia
📍 Location: Online (Zoom) 📅 Date: Tuesday, 6th May 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00 – 5:00 PM (EAT) About Event Despite making significant progress in improving the right to health over the last 10 years, both Somalia and Zambia continue to face the triple challenges of climate change, corruption, and unsustainable debt, all of which have…
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WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION & REPORTING MECHANISM
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2024 ANNUAL REPORT: STILL HERE
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IJUE DATA YAKO II PROJECT
March 2025Call for Applications INTRODUCTION ICON Data Learning (IDL) Labs is a youth-led, youth-serving, community-focused organization operating from Western Kenya Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB). Our vision is to promote data-driven community transformation for sustainable development. IDL acknowledges the significant role of data fluency and the transformative potential of accessible, high-quality data in the success…
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Demand a Public Inquiry into the June 25th Shootings in Parliament