Call for Nominations : The Annual Human Rights Defenders Awards, 2021
To nominate online lick here Nominate a HRD Now To download the nomination form click here Nominate a HRD Now INTRODUCTION Civic space in Kenya continues to be under pressure as a range of actions is being directed against the work of Human Rights Defenders […]
APPEAL TO TANZANIA’S PRESIDENT HER EXCELLENCY SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN, TO RELEASE ALL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, JOURNALISTS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS IN TANZANIA.
Tuesday May 4, 2021 Press release: We comprising of human rights and civil society organizations across Africa take this opportunity to congratulate Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, the sixth President of the United Republic of Tanzania and also welcome her on her two-day state visit to Kenya for bilateral talks aimed at strengthening the diplomatic […]
PRESS RELEASE: PROTECTORS TURNED KILLERS: A Police Service Gone Rogue: Torture, Extra Judicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances
2nd May 2021 For Immediate Release: We, the Police Reforms Working Group-Kenya (PRWG-Kenya), are alarmed and utterly dismayed by the illegal arrest, detention, and killing of Collins, a youth from Mathare in Nairobi County on 29th April 2021. This is the latest killing of a Mathare youth allegedly by a most rogue police officer known […]
ALARM OVER CRIMINALITY WITHIN THE SECURITY SECTOR
PRESS STATEMENT TO ALL EDITORS, The Police Reforms Working Group has taken note of a documentary aired on Citizen TV on April 18th 2021 christened “Guns Galore”. The exposé revealed how rogue police officers promote crime by hiring their police operating gears: guns, uniforms, bulletproof vests, and handcuffs to criminals for as low as Ksh […]
Defenders Coalition, ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa and Amnesty Kenya strongly condemn the arrest and detention of Edwin Mutemi wa Kiama. We also condemn the Court’s punitive bail terms.
8th April 2021 For Immediate Release Kiama, an activist, was arrested by 5 police officers during odd hours of the evening on 6 April for publishing infographics and joining the #IMFStopLoaningKenya conversation on Twitter. On 7 April, the DCI filed a miscellaneous application to detain Kiama for 14 days pending investigations on alleged contravention of […]
URGENT APPEAL FOR ACTION ON THE MURDER OF ACTIVIST PAUL NDIRANGU KIOI OF NJORO POSTA
Paul Ndirangu Kioi, an activist from Njoro – Nakuru County was found murdered on December 8 and his body dumped in Ndarugo River in Nakuru. Paul had been last seen alive on the evening 7th December 2020. Apart from being a human rights defender, Paul worked as a cyclist to put food on the table […]
13 point resolutions following the conclusion of the 3 day Kenya Media Sector convention
Maanzoni Lodge, Machakos County March 7, 2021 Good afternoon colleagues. We, members of the Kenya Media Sector Working Group, have met at Maanzoni Lodge since Friday, March 5, 2021 and discussed a number of matters relating to enhancing media sustainability in Kenya. The meeting, convened by the Kenya Editors’ Guild and the Kenya Union […]
PRESS RELEASE: ODPP WITHDRAWAL OF CASE AGAINST 15 POLICE OFFICERS AND 6 COUNTY ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
THE RETURN OF THE DARK DAYS The Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG-K) is deeply dismayed and shocked in the manner in which the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has treated the case (Cr No. CR/E043/21) in which 15 police officers and 6 county enforcement officers were involved in an incident in Busia […]
Call for Independent Investigation into Rwandan Singer Kizito Mihigo’s Death
Open Letter to All Commonwealth Heads of Government Excellencies, Re: Call for independent investigation into Rwandan singer Kizito Mihigo’s death Civil society organizations around the world are calling on the Rwandan authorities to allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation into the […]
Uganda: Call for Immediate Release of prominent human rights defender- Nicholas Opiyo and two others.
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest of renowned human rights defender Nicholas Opiyo. On 22 December, Opiyo in the company of two other lawyers Odur Anthony and Esomu Simon were arrested at about 4.00pm by plain clothed security agents at Lamaro restaurant in Kamokya suburb, Kampala, and bundled in a vehicle. The Uganda […]
