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UN rights office urges restraint in Kenya as fresh protests turn deadly
Kenya police accused of harassing senior HRW staff member
THE POLICE REFORMS WORKING GROUP CONDEMNS THE ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER BONIFACE MWANGI, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AGATHER ATUHAIRE
State-hired militia launch attack on KHRC ahead of Saba Saba
Kenya responds to UN on abductions after media highlight
EXPLAINER: Issues that triggered most human rights violations in 2025
Kenya’s Repression Deepens: 65 more Killed in protests, Blogger Tortured & killed
Kenya: Deportation of Martin Mavenjina and escalating crackdown on human rights defenders
Kenya: High Court to decide jurisdiction status in landmark Meta case
KHRC condemns deportation of its Senior Legal Advisor
Kenya Human Rights Commission's Senior Program and Legal Advisor on Transitional Justice...
UN rights office urges restraint in Kenya as fresh protests turn deadly
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed deep concern over the killing of at least ten protesters in Kenya on Monday.
Kenya police accused of harassing senior HRW staff member
Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Kenyan authorities to end the apparent harassment of Otsieno Namwaya, the organization's associate...
THE POLICE REFORMS WORKING GROUP CONDEMNS THE ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER BONIFACE MWANGI, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF AGATHER ATUHAIRE
The Police Reforms Working Group Kenya (PRWG-K) has this morning learnt that Mr. Boniface Mwangi, a renowned human rights defender, was dumped on the Kenya-...
State-hired militia launch attack on KHRC ahead of Saba Saba
hired goons stormed our office—sent by the state to silence dissent. They violently disrupted a press conference by Kenyan mothers calling for...
Kenya responds to UN on abductions after media highlight
UN experts had demanded answers for the 'deteriorating' state of human rights in the country.
EXPLAINER: Issues that triggered most human rights violations in 2025
Kenya witnessed some of the worst human rights violations in its recent history in 2025, even as pockets of progress were recorded during...
Kenya’s Repression Deepens: 65 more Killed in protests, Blogger Tortured & killed
Introduction. On 8th May 2025, President William Ruto signed into law the Persons with Disabilities Act 2025, marking a significant...
Kenya: Deportation of Martin Mavenjina and escalating crackdown on human rights defenders
KEN 001 / 0725 / OBS 040 Deportation Kenya 9 July, 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the (...
Kenya: High Court to decide jurisdiction status in landmark Meta case
The Kenyan court will decide if it has jurisdiction to hear the case. Meta's legal team has argued that the case should not be heard in Kenya.
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An organization that often publishes reports and commentary critical of human rights abuses and governance failures in Kenya.