PRESS STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE KILLING OF EVANS NJOROGE
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Beyond Having A Stethoscope on My Neck, A Story of Dr. Elizabeth Wala
Dr. Wala is a mother and a medical doctor with a passion to defend justice. Her most recent fight for human rights was inspired by the operating environment for doctors in Kenya and the subsequent doctors’ strike in 2016. During this period, she actively campaigned for better working environment for doctors and the release of […]
Press release on the Killing of Evans Njoroge
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Abandoned 2-year-old boy suffers burns at hands of native healers
See intervention by Rahma Wako. A HRD from Kiamaiko. Abandoned 2-year-old boy suffers burns at hands of native healers Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/article/2001272142/sick-boy-suffers-burns-at-hands-of-native-healers
Meet Daniel Onyango
Daniel is a self-driven individual who has a strong passion in realizing a sustainable society through offering his skills and expertise to give solutions to the current evolving community problems. He draws his motivation from the plight of the sexual and gender marginalized persons in our society who are living in absolute rejection due to […]
I am for the people, I breathe the people and I defend my people
Elias Kimaiyo Kibiwot is a human rights defenders from the Sengwer an indigenous hunter and gatherer community. The community has endured conflict with the government since the colonial era. Inspired by the perpetual forced evictions and human rights violations of the community, Elias joined community leaders who were advocating for the rights of Sengwer community […]
Meet Essy Adhiambo
Essy is a human rights defender working to promote basic rights and fundamental freedoms. She has been part of social movements and have over ten years of experience working on human rights with a specific focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in Kenya. She is currently the founder and Executive Director of Initiative […]
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT
“Closing Space for Civil Society and Media in East Africa: Forging a Collaborative Response” 23 February 2018 (Nairobi, Kenya) We, more than 60 civil society organisation and media representatives from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda working on human rights, democratic development, transparency, digital media, women and youth empowerment, legal aid, litigation and other issues of public interest […]
NCHRD-K WELCOMES THE RELEASE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ALOYS HABIMANA FROM CUSTODY
20 Feb. 18 Nairobi, Kenya The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders-Kenya welcomes the news that human rights defender Aloys Habimana was released from the custody of the Service National de Renseignements (SNR – National Intelligence Services) in Burundi on Monday 19 February 2018. Aloys was arrested on Saturday,17th February 2018 near the border of Burundi and the […]
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Protective Fellowship Scheme for HRDs at Risk
The Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York is opening a new Call for Nominations for the Protective Fellowship Scheme for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The Centre is planning to host up to eight defenders who are expected to stay in York for 3-6 months. New Fellows are expected to start in York in mid-September 2018 or in special […]