CAHR Call for nominations: New protective writing fellowship May 2020
The Centre for Applied Human Rights at the University of York is opening a Call for Nominations for a new initiative, the Protective Writing Fellowship for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The Centre is looking for up to two human rights defenders (HRDs) who will stay in York for 3 months, starting on 1 May […]
Call for Nomination: Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2020
The nominations process for the Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2020 is now open and the call for nomination is out. . Nominations will be accepted until 29 October 2019, and we would like to invite you to be a nominator for the award. Since 2013, Civil Rights Defenders has awarded the Civil Rights Defender […]
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ARREST OF FOUR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
10th Oct 2019 Nairobi, Kenya PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ARREST OF FOUR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: KIMANI NYOIKE, KENNEDY CHINDI, ANTONY MUGENDI AND GEOFFREY MUGENDA Defenders Coalition strongly condemn arrest and incarceration of four Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in the afternoon of 9th October 2019 next to August Memorial Park. The four who were arrested by […]
Sengwer Week of Action
Defenders Coalition and Amnesty International- Kenya held an advocacy week dubbed Week of Action between 1-7 October 2019 to highlight the plight of Sengwer Community. The week had activities planned to mainstream various human rights violations and social injustices committed against minority communities. The activities included media fellowship, intensive social media campaigns global solidarity through […]
PRESS STATEMENT: CONCERNS OVER THE CURRENT CRISIS AT THE INDEPENDENT POLICING OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY (IPOA) BOARD
TO ALL MEDIA HOUSES 26th September 2019 The Police Reforms Working Group Kenya (PRWG-K) brings together over 23 National and International Human Rights Organizations that seek to advocate for reforms within the National Police Service. The Police Reforms Working Group-Kenya is premised on four pillars namely; Quality Service; Accountability; Public Participation and Police Welfare. The […]
How Graft, High Cost of Living Could Spark Social Implosion
“Deteriorating economy, looting of resources and electoral apathy may cause the already fragmented society to degenerate into clashes,” says NCHRD boss Kamau Ngugi Defenders Coalition Executive Director Kamau Ngugi during the interview with the Star. Image: WILFRED NYANGERESI Kenya is experiencing a state of relative peace, following the rapprochement between top political rivals in the last […]
Climb For Justice kitty reaches Sh500,000 in Second Month
The Sh50 million rights defenders kitty has reached Sh500,000 through contributions of individual Kenyans. National Coalition of Human Right Defenders executive director Kamau Ngugi says the amount is beyond their expectations as they did not think ordinary Kenyans would take up the matter so fast and wholeheartedly. Ngugi told the Star during an interview that […]
Call For Nominations: Accountability International Leadership Award
The Accountability International Leadership Award is intended to be presented to persons or organisations who play an exceptional role in promoting accountability in the international response to human rights and inclusive sustainable development. The long-term objective of the Accountability International Leadership Award is that of our organisation as whole: to contribute to a world where […]
Research and Admin Fellowship: Africa (French and English Required)
The selected candidate will work in close coordination with the Protection Coordinators for Africa, and will also provide support to other relevant staff across other programme areas in relation to our work in the region, as required. The fellowship will be for nine months and based in Front Line Defenders’ office in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, […]
We have Conquered Mt. Longonot! On to The Next Climb!
On Saturday, 14 September 2019 was an awesome day for human rights protection. 55 human rights defenders from Nakuru, Nairobi, Kiambu and Kajiado counties Climbed the Beautiful Mount Longonot. The climb was the first in a series of mountain Hikes under the #ClimbForJustice campaign to raise funds to set up a Rights Defenders Centre for […]
