PRESS STATEMENT STATE CULPABILITY IN EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS, TORTURE AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES A CALL TO THE PRESIDENT TO FINISH THE JOB STARTED 19TH OCTOBER 2022, 09.00 (EAT) In our capacity as the Police Reforms Working Group-Kenya (PRWG-K), our attention has been drawn to the public...

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 By Mercy Chelangat What you need to know: As many as 40 cases of enforced disappearances were recorded in 2021, a steady increase from the previous years. Amnesty says enforced disappearances keep rising because there are no tough measures taken against officers that...

The recent brutal killings of seven women in Nakuru County horrified the nation. Within weeks, police had arrested over a 100 youth and are now being accused of summarily executing four suspects. Yesterday, three police officers were convicted for killing the Mavoko 3. As the Jubilee regime...

Amnesty international Kenya strongly condemns the Thursday, 2nd June 2022, killing of four people by the National Police Service officers in Masimba, Kajiado County, and demands swift investigations by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority. General Service Unit (GSU) officers may have...

STATEMENT ON THE DISCOVERY OF OVER 30 BODIES IN THE YALA RIVER, SIAYA COUNTY SATURDAY 22ND JANUARY 2022 Following the public interest in the discovery of over thirty bodies, Amnesty International Kenya has completed a fact-finding mission to the area around River Yala. Contrary to the statement of...

PRESS STATEMENT 20TH JANUARY 3,700 Kenyans have in 48 hours signed a petition dubbed ‘No Guns in our Clubs’ on change.org. The petition demands safe work spaces for disc jockeys, for club owners to declare clubs as gun-free, and justice for Felix Orinda popularly known as Dj Evolve who was shot...

As Caroline is laid to rest, Amnesty International Kenya acknowledges efforts of the Dandora Community Justice Center, Justice Centers working groups, IMLU, NCHRD-K, KHRC, Haki Africa, IJM as well as human rights networks and CSOs across the country for following up on the case of Caroline...

MARCH 8, 2018   Today, Meru University Student leader Evans Njoroge is being laid to rest in his family home in Longonot. Sadly, this student will not graduate this year with the rest of his students.  “The killing of student leader Evans Njoroge last Tuesday February 27 was a great tragedy for his...