VETTING OF JAPHET KOOME FOR INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE. 8TH NOVEMBER 2022
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT : WE ARE HIRING: THREE (3) PROGRAMME INTERNSHIP POSITIONS
WE ARE HIRING: THREE (3) PROGRAMME INTERNSHIP POSITIONS The Defenders Coalition which is 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 and to reduce their vulnerability to […]
Silvana Lesuuda from Samburu County – Nominee 3 of 5 of the Upcoming Human Rights Defender of the Year Award Cetegory
About the HRD Silvana Lesuuda is a social justice activist leading Network Empowering Samburu Transformation ( NEST), a women-led organization based in Samburu County, located in Kenya’s ASAL areas and is home to pastoralists and indigenous persons characterised with largely patriarchal social and political setups. In Lesuuda’s community, women’s voices continue to be suppressed, ignored, […]
HRD Academy 2023 held in Nairobi
As various grassroot, national, regional and international human rights organizations made preparations in readiness for the commemoration of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) and the Declaration of Human Rights Defenders (DHRD) in December 2023, the Defenders Coalition was making preparations for something unique. The Defenders Coalition brought together 103 human rights defenders (HRDs) […]
ELIZABETH EKARU: HIGH COURT IN MERU FINDS THAT THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF ISIOLO WOMAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ELIZABETH EKARU HAS A CASE TO ANSWER
HIGH COURT IN MERU FINDS THAT THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF ISIOLO WOMAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ELIZABETH EKARU HAS A CASE TO ANSWER On 31 January 2024: High Court judge Justice Edward Muriithi ruled that Patrick Naweet who was arrested and charged following the gruesome murder of woman human rights defender Elizabeth Ekaru has […]
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From a young age, Hanifa has always felt a deep-seated drive to stand up for those who cannot speak for themselves. “I can’t pinpoint the exact moment that inspired me to become such an active citizen,” she recalls, “but it’s something that has always been there ever since I was young.” Even in primary school, […]
