DEFENDERS COALITION SOLIDARITY STATEMENT ON THE 2021 IDAHOBIT CELEBRATIONS
DEFENDERS COALITION SOLIDARITY STATEMENT ON THE 2021 IDAHOBIT CELEBRATIONS 17th May 2021 The 2021 IDAHOBIT celebrations have come at a time where SOGIE HRDs and organizations are mourning and alarmed of their safety and security. Defenders Coalition is concerned about the recent killing of a respected human rights defender in the coast region, Joash Mosoti. […]
DEFENDERS COALITION PARTICIPATION TO TASKFORCE ON REVIEW OF THE LAWS RELATING TO THE EXERCISE OF THE POWER OF MERCY UNDER ARTICLE 133 OF THE CONSTITUTION
POWER OF MERCY- CHALLENGES FOR BENEFICIARIES What factors should be considered prior to release of an offender through the power of mercy? Introduction. When offenders leave penal institutions on any ground, whether through completion of sentences or through power of mercy; they face important challenges. The following presentation focuses on important issues that should be […]
APPEAL TO TANZANIA’S PRESIDENT HER EXCELLENCY SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN, TO RELEASE ALL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS IN TANZANIA.
Tuesday May 4, 2021 Press release: We comprising of human rights and civil society organizations across Africa take this opportunity to congratulate Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania and also welcome her on her two-day state visit to Kenya for bilateral talks aimed at strengthening the diplomatic […]
PRESS RELEASE: PROTECTORS TURNED KILLERS: A Police Service Gone Rogue: Torture, Extra Judicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances
2nd May 2021 For Immediate Release: We, the Police Reforms Working Group-Kenya (PRWG-Kenya), are alarmed and utterly dismayed by the illegal arrest, detention, and killing of Collins, a youth from Mathare in Nairobi County on 29th April 2021. This is the latest killing of a Mathare youth allegedly by a most rogue police officer known […]
Open Letter: 4th Periodic Review for Kenya on the International Covenant on the Civil and Political Rights by the United Nations Human Rights Committee during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To the United Nations Human Rights Committee, Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Committee Dear Ms. Photini Pazartzis, We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations in Kenya, write to you concerning the online review of Kenya on its 4th Periodic Report to the ICCPR. We express our appreciation to the UN Human Rights Council that pursuant […]
CALL FOR CONSULTANCY: TRAINING ON MONITORING, DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTING FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE.
Introduction: The Defenders Coalition, which is the national coalition of human rights defenders in Kenya, is a national organization incorporated in the Republic of Kenya as a Trust. Its mission is to champion the safety, security and wellbeing of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs). Established in 2007, Defenders Coalition is the only national organisation that works […]
Mutemi Kiama Update
Mutemi returned to court today 20th April for the mention of the case. The ODPP ambushed the court with a proposal to withdraw the matter under Section 87. The magistrate sought for reasons which were not forthcoming. The defense opposed the ODPP application . The magistrate concurred with the defense and made the following orders. […]
ALARM OVER CRIMINALITY WITHIN THE SECURITY SECTOR
PRESS STATEMENT TO ALL EDITORS, The Police Reforms Working Group has taken note of a documentary aired on Citizen TV on April 18th 2021 christened “Guns Galore”. The exposé revealed how rogue police officers promote crime by hiring their police operating gears: guns, uniforms, bulletproof vests, and handcuffs to criminals for as low as Ksh […]
Defenders Coalition Statement at the 68th Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Kenya Delivered by Francis Ndegwa, Advocacy Manager Mr Chair, Honorable Commissioners and Fellow Delegates; Human rights defenders (HRDs) play a critical role in society in the protection and promotion of human rights which is integral to the success of this commission and human rights instruments in various levels. Since the […]
Defenders Coalition, ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa and Amnesty Kenya strongly condemn the arrest and detention of Edwin Mutemi wa Kiama. We also condemn the Court’s punitive bail terms.
8th April 2021 For Immediate Release Kiama, an activist, was arrested by 5 police officers during odd hours of the evening on 6 April for publishing infographics and joining the #IMFStopLoaningKenya conversation on Twitter. On 7 April, the DCI filed a miscellaneous application to detain Kiama for 14 days pending investigations on alleged contravention of […]