AIK Perception Study Report: Ready or Not? Citizens’ Perspectives on Maisha Namba
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Human is My ID Quarter 2 Discrimination Index
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Death sentences and executions in 2023
Highlights of the Kenyan Section of Amnesty International’s Death Sentences and Executions Report 2023 Kenya is making notable strides towards abolishing the death penalty. Here are the key highlights from the report:
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Impunity for mass rights violations risks global gains and human security
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.
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AI Report 2023/24: The State of the World’s Human Rights
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 concerns. Key Highlights from the Kenya Section of the Report Implications and Recommendations…
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Missing Voices 2023 Annual Report: End Police Impunity
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.
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OUT NOW: Advisory Policy Paper on implementation of a Rights Respecting Digital ID in Kenya
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 crucial approach to this digital transformation with a balanced perspective that respects human rights. The implementation…
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Rapid Situational Analysis Report
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 fundamental question is, has the scheme…
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JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PERSON
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 seekers and refugees in Kenya, specifically those living in Kakuma refugee camp, between 2018 and…
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Amnesty International launches the Death Penalty Global Annual Report 2022
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 all crimes. In addition, we salute…
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AI Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights
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 fuel and increased pressure on health and other social services. The…
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Persistent Power in a Pandemic
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 to respond to rights violations #kwaground skillfully. 2022 will see us…