The kidnapping of seven men, women and a child and forcible return of four refugees to Türkiye on Friday 18 October redefined Kenya’s standing as a place of safety and sanctuary for close to a million refugees and asylum seekers. What implications does last week’s bilateral Türkiye-Kenya deal pose for Kenya Kwanza administration’s refugee policy…
Nairobi, 21 October 2024: The Police Reforms Working Group is shocked by the Government of Kenya’s admission that Kenyan law enforcement and foreign affairs agencies played a role in the refoulement and forced return of Mustafa Genç, Öztürk Uzun, Alparslan Taşçı, and Hüseyin Yeşilsu, four Turkish nationals from Kenya to Turkey. The principle of non-refoulement…
Over 40,000 Kenyans are estimated to be victims of double registration, where their fingerprints appear in the database of refugees managed by UNHCR and the Kenyan government. This means that, although they are entitled to Kenyan citizenship, they cannot acquire national identity cards because they appear in the refugee database, leaving them in a form…
Amnesty International Kenya is deeply concerned that the current massive deployment of police officers at the Villa Police Station, Embakasi may be connected to another round of mass evictions of Mukuru kwa Njenga residents.
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 International also warned that the breakdown of the rule…