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 […]
COVERAGE FOR THE HRD AWARD 2017 IN THE STAR NEWSPAPER
NCHRD-K is honoured to have hosted the Second HRD Awards Ceremony in partnership with Working Group on Human Rights Defenders. The Awards are meant to give visibility to the grassroots Human Rights Defenders and also to Lifetime Human Rights Crusaders Kimaiyo Wins Human Rights Defender of the Year Award
HRD Awards 2017 in Pictures
ELECTION MONITORING REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, ELECTION MONITORS AND JOURNALISTS DURING THE 2017 ELECTIONS IN KENYA
SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS BY THE NCHRD-K BETWEEN APRIL – NOVEMBER 2017 The NCHRD-K election project confirms a chilling pattern of attacks of human rights defenders, CSOs and journalists during the election process. While such attacks have taken place at other periods, the right to vote appears to create a particularly volatile period for advancing […]
Communique: Annual Jurists Conference
2017 ANNUAL JURISTS CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUE The Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya) in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), ICJ Africa, International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ) and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) held its […]
HRDs AND JOURNALISTS SITUATION LEADING UP TO THE 2017 GENERAL ELECTIONS
PREFACE Elections make a fundamental contribution to democratic governance by enabling the participation of voters to select leaders to represent them within the government and ensures the responsiveness of democratic governments to the will of the people. Elections also reinforce the stability and legitimacy of the political community thus facilitating social and political integration. Participation […]
Government Ordered to Protect Election Observers, Journalists Who Will be Monitoring Polls
The Government has been told to secure the observers and journalists who will be will be monitoring the August 8 General Election. The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders (NCHRD-K) decried harassment of the civil society and the fourth estate during the party primaries and ongoing campaigns, despite the groups playing a critical role. According […]
PRESS RELEASE: DECISION ENTERED IN FAVOUR OF MS LUCY HANNAN AT THE HIGH COURT, NAIROBI
NAIROBI, 05 MAY 2017 “The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders – Kenya (NCHRD-K) welcomes the judgment entered, on 4th may 2017, by the High Court in Nairobi granting Ms. Lucy Hannan a two year work permit as she finalizes her application for citizenship. Justice Isaac Lenaola ruled that the decision by the government not […]
