Events
Demonstration
Application deadline: May 5, 2024 (11:59 p.m.) Amnesty International Kenya invites interested volunteers to join our Protests Observation Project. Those who succeed will join a group of human rights observers who will attend assemblies, protests, or demonstrations to monitor, collect and document...
April 30, 2024
News
Armed Conflict
The world is reaping a harvest of terrifying consequences from escalating conflict and the near breakdown of international law, said Amnesty International as it launched its annual The State of the World’s Human Rights report today, delivering an assessment of human rights in 155 countries. Amnesty...
April 25, 2024
News
Demonstration
Chuka, 18 April 2024: Amnesty International Kenya joined the family and friends of Eugine Mureithi (17) at Chuka Magistrates Court for an inquest hearing investigating his death. Eugine died on 25 July 2023, following police operation at Kajiunduthi Secondary School, Tharaka Nithi County during the...
April 18, 2024
Our Views
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
By Irũngũ Houghton Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah was attacked again this week. Over the last year, he has faced several public verbal attacks and physical house and office raids designed to intimidate the Senator from his legislative and litigative duties as an opposition parliamentarian. Given...
April 6, 2024
News
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Nairobi, 25 January 2024: Amnesty International Kenya expresses its deep concern at the repeated use of armed police officers and teargas to disrupt legitimate protests by the citizens under the umbrella of Kenyans 4 Palestine. The National Police Service were duly notified as per the law, the...
January 25, 2024
Impact
Campaigns
Authorities across the world are increasingly resorting to unlawful use of force and repressive legislation to crush protests, Amnesty International said today, as it launched an interactive digital map that exposes the shocking rise in the repression of protesters by states across the globe. The...
September 19, 2023
Our Views
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
By Irũngũ Houghton Flying to an international conference should not be a matter of distress for presidents. The relatively few African Heads of States at this week’s African Climate Summit was unfortunate. It is a wakeup call to Kenya and other African countries seeking to provide regional and...
September 10, 2023
News
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Nairobi 20 July 2023 1pm– Amnesty International Kenya condemns the continued use of force against protestors. The continued attacks, use of excessive, unnecessary and unlawful force, including lethal force, is leading to increased deaths and injuries of both adults and children. Since...
July 20, 2023
News
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Nairobi, 19 July 2023, 1 pm: With para-military police officers and armoured water cannon trucks already patrolling and engaging protestors across several towns and neighbourhoods, Amnesty International Kenya reminds the Government of Kenya and the Police leadership that they are legally bound by...
July 19, 2023
Our Views
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Due to inflation, a weakening Kenyan Shilling, higher taxes, an unsustainable debt burden, rampant corruption and a lack of accountability, Kenya is facing a cost of living crisis. The initial Finance Legislation proposed by the government, which has been suspended pending a challenge in the...
July 16, 2023
Our Views
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In the region, Kenya is regarded as a bastion of free expression. Kenya’s democratic journey has undoubtedly produced this freedom, highlighted by hard-won battles for democratic space by activists, students, lecturers, opposition figures, lawyers, and trade unionists. Following these...
July 9, 2023
Our Views
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Nairobi, 7 July 2023: Amnesty International Kenya is monitoring protests taking place in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Kakamega, Turkana and other parts of the country. Today’s protest commemorates the historical “Saba Saba” movement, which significantly expanded human rights and...
July 7, 2023