15 Kenyan, regional, and international organisations demand justice in the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif
May 2, 2023 Six months after Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was killed in Kenya, we express our deep concern over the failure by Kenyan authorities to fully investigate and provide a credible account of the circumstances surrounding his death. We renew our call for the investigations into Sharif’s killing to be expedited and urge authorities […]
Missing Voices 2022 Report: Accountability Now
Missing Voices is a coalition of organisations that together -including with the help of Protection International in Africa- have been documenting cases of police killings and enforced disappearances in a bid to understand the underlying causes of killings. The final aim is to end atrocities and claim justice for the families of the victims. In […]
Self-protection Strategies Implemented by Grassroots WHRDs in Kenya
Protection International Kenya launches a new report Self-protection Strategies Implemented by Grassroots WHRDs Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) are targeted for who they are and as a result of their work defending human rights. Many economic, social, cultural, and geographical factors affect how WHRDs experience human rights violations, which are all connected to gender and […]
[Kenya] Missing Voices issues a shocking report on the status of extra judicial killings
Missing Voices, released a shocking report on the status of extra judicial killings in Kenya, indicating that this issue is far from being resolved and merits more attention from public authorities. Nairobi (Kenya), 14th February 2020 – Missing Voices, released a shocking report on the status of extra judicial killings in Kenya, indicating that this […]
Criminalisation of rural-based human rights defenders in Kenya | Criminalisation Series #1
Protection International (PI) launches the second edition of a new publication series on criminalisation, Criminalisation of rural-based human rights defenders in Kenya – Impact and counterstrategies, which analyses the criminalization of human rights defenders in Kenya in its multiple forms, the impact and the counterstrategies used by HRDs to fight and prevent criminalization. In recent […]
PI co-signs press statement on the attack and shooting of Tundu Antiphas Lissu, HRD
Protection International, Defenddefenders and the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Kenya co-signed a press statement on the attack and shooting of Tundu Antiphas Lissu Human rights defender, MP and President of Tanganyika Law Society (TLS). We the undersigned, representing East African human rights organizations, condemn the attempted assassination of Tundu Antipas Lissu, human rights […]
Kenya: Set up judicial inquiry into hundreds of enforced disappearances and killings
Kenya: Set up judicial inquiry into hundreds of enforced disappearances and killings The Kenyan government must set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate and bring to justice all those suspected of criminal responsibility for extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances, said 13 Kenyan and global human rights organizations today as they marked the International […]
KENYA: Joint Letter to Secretary Kerry on Human Rights (August 2016)
Dear Secretary Kerry, Your forthcoming visit to Kenya scheduled to take place on 22 August 2016, comes at a time when the country is faced with significant human rights and rule of law challenges. In that regard, we undersigned human rights non-governmental organizations wish to draw your attention to the continued violation of human rights […]
Update: Court Terminates last case against Kenyan Human Right Defender Joel Ogada
On Monday 21 September 2015 a Malindi court terminated a case in which the Kenyan Human Right Defender (HRD) Joel Ogada had been charged with forcible detainer under section 91 of the Criminal Procedure Code in 2013. The case has not proceeded due to lack of witnesses. When the matter came up for hearing, the prosecutor indicated he could not […]
Update: Kenyan Human Rights Defender Joel Ogada Released from Prison
Kenyan Human Rights Defender (HRD) Joel Ogada was finally released on Wednesday 16th September 2015, exactly sixteen (16) months since he was convicted of arson on 16th May, 2014. Mr. Ogada, a farmer in the Marereni area of Kilifi County, off the Kenyan Coast was sentenced to seven (7) years’ imprisonment. This sentence was reduced to two […]