WHY DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS?
Who Is A Human Rights Defender: According to the UN, “There is no strict definition of human rights defenders because they can be anyone who acts at any moment for any human rights. A human rights defender can be a man, a woman, a lawyer, a student, an NGO’s employee, a doctor or any person […]
URGENT ALERT ON DISAPPEARANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MILDRED ATTY OWISO
PRESS RELEASE- MILDRED ATTY
NOMINATION CALL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AWARDS 2018
INTRODUCTION Civic space in Kenya continues to be under pressure as a range of actions are being directed against the work of Human Rights Defenders (HRD) and Civil Society organizations in Kenya. Physical attacks, criminal and administrative actions, legislative restrictions, negative rhetoric and limitation of human rights have undermined the Constitutional and international protections available […]
NCHRD-K Annual Report 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report covers an eventful period in the history of defending human rights defenders in Kenya. The country went through general elections in the year and characteristically, the divisive campaigns contaminated the operational environment of the country’s CSOs and HRDs. The work of the NCHRD K was therefore very much linked to the […]
CALL FOR INTERNSHIP
POSITION OF PROGRAMMES INTERNS (3) The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders–Kenya (NCHRD-K) is a national organization incorporated in the Republic of Kenya as a Trust. Its mission is to strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders (HRDs) to work effectively in the country and to reduce their vulnerability to the risk of persecution, through […]
2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize call for nominations
The 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize will be given out at the United Nations in New York on Human Right Day, 10 December. Nominations are open until 6 April 2018. This year’s award will coincide with the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The prize to recognize individuals […]
Celebrating Mama Rahma, women rights defender in Kiamaiko
Mama Rahma has been a gallant Woman Human Rights Defender since 1984. In celebrating the International Women’s Day, she is one of the few women celebrated by the Standard Newspaper. Her journey has ben a successful one in overcoming all the odds especially in her Borana Culture to emerge as the only woman elder in […]
PRESS STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE KILLING OF EVANS NJOROGE
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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
