News
LGBTI rights
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL KENYA CALLS FOR RESPECT FOR AND PROTECTION OF LGBTIQ+ GROUPS IN KENYA Nairobi, Kenya, 4 October 2023: Amnesty International Kenya is deeply concerned about the recent surge in anti-LGBTIQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex and Queer persons) online and offline...
October 5, 2023
News
LGBTI rights
GHANA MP SAM GEORGE PARTICIPATION IN AFRICA LAW TECH CONFERENCE 2023 Nairobi, 12 July 2023: Amnesty International Kenya is one of several sponsors of the 2023 Law Tech Conference. It has come to our attention that Ghanaian Member of Parliament. Sam George was a panellist at the Continental Free...
July 12, 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
Our Views
Freedom of Association
After a week of intense public debate triggered by the Supreme Court right to association ruling, the President has finally spoken. Hopefully, his International Women’s Day comment has calmed the most vociferous of voices and clarified anxiety in several quarters that the ruling may have paved way...
March 5, 2023
News
Freedom of Association
2nd March We, the undersigned institutions, appreciate the tremendous human rights milestone from Petition No. 16 of 2019 of the Supreme Court of Kenya, delivered on 24th February 2023. We recognize and applaud the efforts of the Judiciary to advance the constitutional and human rights principles...
March 2, 2023
Blogs
Discrimination
By Lucretia, LGBTQ Refugee in Kakuma Refugee Camp My preferred name is Lucretia but I was legally named Ssenyonjo John, a transgender female from Uganda. I liked the name, Lucretia. When I recognized there is someone special within my body who is not John, I decided to name her that. I, therefore,...
June 25, 2021