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...

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Kenya: End Abusive Policing of Protests Accountability, Fundamental Reforms Urgently Needed (Nairobi, May 31, 2023) – Nearly two months since a series of nationwide protests began, Kenyan authorities have failed to take sufficient action to hold police officers and their commanders to account for...

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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...

Monday 27 March, Nairobi – The right to assemble, protest, picket and petition is enshrined under Article 37 of our Constitution. Other rights, including the freedom of expression, media, public participation, and the right to security of the person, underpin it. The right to protest played a...

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...

Amnesty International Kenya opening remarks at the civil society breakfast engagement on the digitization of citizens services convened by the State Department for Immigration and Citizens Services, Ministry of Interior and Inter-Government Coordination Wednesday, February 22, 2023 President...

Nairobi, 17 February 2023 Amnesty International Kenya expresses solidarity with the Chesakwa community currently seeking refuge in caves. We express our concern with your lack of security, water and sanitation following a series of forced evictions. We also stand with those recently arrested for...

Amnesty International Kenya condemns the weaponisation of contempt of court provisions to criminalise journalism. In order to lawfully limit freedom of expression and freedom of the press, provisions must be clear and concise, have a legitimate purpose, be necessary, and be proportionate. Jailing...

INTIMIDATION OF IEBC OFFICIALS AND THE MURDER OF DANIEL MUSYOKA PRESS STATEMENT Nairobi, 18 August 2022 – Amnesty International Kenya is greatly concerned with rising reports of intimidation, ethnic profiling, and disappearances of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)...

Elections, like marathons, are games for political candidates, their fans, and a nation, not winners only. Amnesty International Kenya salutes 16.5 million citizens for voting and 16,098 candidates for running. We also congratulate the presidential candidate to be announced and 1,872 others...