REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN KENYA IN THE WAKE OF COVID -19: VIOLENCE, IMPUNITY AND RETROGRESS TO POLICE STATE
30 April 2020 Nairobi, Kenya Report on the situation of Human Rights Defenders in Kenya in the wake of COVID -19: Violence, Impunity and Retrogress to police state Following a declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 2020 on Corona virus disease as global pandemic, speed and nature of its spread, the […]
WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS’ EFFORTS AGAINST COVID-19 BOLSTERED
April 9, Nairobi, Kenya Women human rights defenders’ efforts against covid-19 bolstered Defenders Coalition applauds the timely and critical responses that human rights defenders are taking within their communities to ensure awareness, adoption of the highest hygiene practices and upholding of human rights during this COVID-19 pandemic despite the numerous challenges they face while at […]
CLIMB FOR JUSTICE SECOND HIKE IN 2020 HELD, OTHER CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19
16 March 2020 Nairobi, Kenya Climb For Justice second hike in 2020 held, other campaign activities suspended due to covid-19 The second activity of Phase II of Climb for Justice Campaign got underway on 14 March 2020 in Eburru Forest in Nakuru County. Bracing the scorching sun, twenty-one Kenyans hiked a 21 kilometer trail path […]
DEFENDER COALITION CONDEMNS UNWARRANTED INTIMIDATION OF ARTIVISTS WORKING ON ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Rapper Smallz Lethal (centre) on a screen capture from his viral video song I am Offended 29th April 2020 Nairobi Kenya Defender Coalition condemns unwarranted intimidation of artivists working on issues of governance and social accountability Defenders Coalition strongly condemn the increased threats to human rights defenders – artivists- working on issues of governance, transparency […]
DEFENDERS COALITION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT CREATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS’EFFORTS IN SENSITIZING COMMUNITY ON COVID-19
Support to Creative Human Rights Defenders’ efforts of sensitizing communities on Covid-19 intensified Crisis and uncertainties calls for innovation and creativity to parturition solutions meant to keep communities hopeful, informed and rally their support behind those engaged in efforts aimed at finding solutions to mitigate the effects. COVID-19 pandemic has not been an exception. Human […]
DISAPPEARANCES OF ACTIVIST MICHAEL NJAU, ADAN MOHAMMED SAIBU AND SAMUEL MUNGAI #KIAMAIKO3
Disappearances of Michael Njau, Adan Mohammed Saibu and Samuel Mungai: Joint Statement by twenty Human Rights Organisations #Kiamaiko3 Twenty human rights organisations under the auspices of the Police Reforms Working Group have raised alarm following the disappearance of Michael Njau, Adan Mohammed Saibu and Samuel Mungai. Reported missing on 24th April 2020 to Thika […]
CALL TO UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLASSIFY HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT BY CONSTITUTIONAL AGENCIES AS ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
CALL TO UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLASSIFY HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT BY CONSTITUTIONAL AGENCIES AS ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS Defenders Coalition welcomes measures that the government is implementing to contain the spread of the Corona Virus. We are however concerned that the exclusion of critical human rights actors and state oversight institutions from this classification […]
CALL FOR ‘ARCTIVISTS’ : ART + ACTIVISM AGAINST REPRESSION DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS
INTRODUCTION The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR), through a grant from the Open Society Foundations, has set up a fund – Arctivists – to support activists and artists across the world responding to the outbreak of Covid-19 and its implications for human rights defenders, activism, and shrinking civic and political space. Paired activists and […]
Call for Applications:To Develop an e-library for Defenders Coalition.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: DEVELOPMENT OF E-LIBRARY APPLICATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TERMS OF REFERENCE Introduction and Background of the Organisation The Defenders Coalition is the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders, a national organization incorporated in the Republic of Kenya as a Trust. Its mission is to champion the safety, security and wellbeing of […]
Police must stop the use of excessive force while enforcing the curfew law
Police Must Stop the Use of Excessive Force while Enforcing the Curfew Order March 27, 2020 The civil society’s Police Reforms Working Group, comprised of twenty national human rights organisations, condemn the unnecessary and excessive use of force by Kenya Police Service officers yesterday at the Likoni Ferry […]
