Our Views
Amnesty Annual Report
Benna Buluma was not killed by raging floods. The Mathare based leader was killed by the lack of dignified housing, urban planning and misgovernance. This and the recent release of the global state of human rights report must trigger us to rethink how to future proof Kenya, Africa, and the world.
April 28, 2024
Research
Amnesty Annual Report
The Kenya section of the report reveals systemic challenges and a range of violations across different domains. From issues of impunity within security sectors to threats against LGBTI rights and economic difficulties impacting healthcare access, the country grapples with multifaceted and urgent...
April 25, 2024
Research
Killings and Disappearances
The 2023 Annual Missing Voices Report sheds light on the persisting issue of police impunity in Kenya, revealing both concerning trends and slight improvements in certain areas.
April 24, 2024
Research
Research
The Kenyan government plans to digitalise civil and person registration, introducing a Unique Personal Identification (UPI) and Digital ID. Amnesty International Kenya, in partnership with Strathmore University, Centre for Intellectual Property Information and Technology Law policy paper, urges a...
January 31, 2024
Research
Research
The right to health is the entitlement to access health services. This right is integral to all other human rights. To realize this right, Kenya has put in place laws, policies, practices, procedures, and schemes to recognise this right, and the National Hospital Insurance Fund came to be. The...
July 14, 2023
Research
LGBTI rights
This joint report by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) and Amnesty International documents the extremely dangerous situation of hate crimes, discrimination and other human rights violations suffered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum...
May 19, 2023
News
Amnesty Annual Report
Nairobi, 17 May 2023 –Amnesty International Kenya notes with concern that across the world, more men and women were executed in 2022 than in each of the last five years. We commend Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, and the Central African Republic for ending the death penalty for...
May 18, 2023
Research
Research
2022 saw new, renewed and protracted conflicts that led to appalling tragedies. Some of them amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Across the world, authorities continued their heavy-handed repression of universal freedoms. Economic crises led to rocketing price rises for food and...
April 5, 2023
Research
Amnesty Annual Report
2021 marks the foundation year of our new 2021-2023 Strategic Framework. Our new vision is Amnesty working with others to reduce inequalities and discrimination and expand active citizenship and freedoms of expression and assembly. More nationally networked and agile, we will directly enable others...
November 10, 2022
Research
Amnesty Annual Report
We expanded our investigative and campaigning programming to promote and protect the right to housing, life, health and human rights education over 2019. With no less than 152 extrajudicial police killings and only ten convictions over 2019, our Safety and Dignity program was particularly active....
November 9, 2022
Research
Expansion of Civic Space
With 29 days to the General Elections, ten prominent international and national human rights organisations have scored the performance of the Jubilee administration at 46%. Missed Opportunities: A Human Rights Scorecard on the Jubilee Administration and Lessons for the next...
July 13, 2022
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Research
The Amnesty International Report 2020/21 documents the human rights situation in 149 countries in 2020, as well as providing global and regional analysis. It presents Amnesty lnternational’s concerns and calls for action to governments and others. During 2020, the world was rocked by COVID-19. The...
April 7, 2021