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:

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.

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...

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...

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...

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....