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February 26, 2025 Report

Victory for Kenyans Denied Citizenship

Constitutional Court Ruling on Identity System Affects Tens of Thousands

A woman has her fingerprints taken as she registers with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at the Liboi transit point in Kenya, near the Somali border, November 1, 2006.
January 22, 2025 Statement

Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Review of Kenya for the 77th Session - February 2025

January 16, 2025 News Release

East Africa, Horn: Civilian Suffering in Armed Conflict

Crackdowns on Dissent, Civic Space; Impunity for Abuse

Refugees are taken in trucks
November 25, 2024 News Release

Kenya: Justice Overdue for 2023 Protest Abuses

Adopt Fundamental Police Reforms, Reparations

Armed riot police officers run towards protesters
November 5, 2024 Report

Kenya: Security Forces Abducted, Killed Protesters

End Criminal Charges for Taking Part in Protests

Protesters attend a demonstration against Kenya's proposed finance bill 2024/2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, June 25, 2024.
August 23, 2024 Statement

Children's Rights to Access to Justice and Effective Remedies

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

July 16, 2024 News Release

Kenya/IMF: Align Economic Reform with Rights

Strengthen Social Contract to Address Root Causes of Protester Anger

Protestors demonstrate against the Finance Bill 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.
June 28, 2024 News Release

Kenya: Witnesses Describe Police Killing Protesters

Respect Right to Protest; Investigate Apparent use of Excessive Force

A protester holds a Kenyan flag during the nationwide demonstration against proposed legislation that would increase taxes across the country's economy, June 25, 2024. 
May 28, 2024 Dispatches

Kenya-Led Security Mission Prepares for Deployment in Haiti

Transparency, Safeguards Needed to Uphold Human Rights

Supplies are offloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane on the tarmac at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The plane was carrying supplies for the camp being built for Kenyan police officers who will lead a Multinational Security Support mission into Haiti, May 15, 2024.
May 2, 2024 News Release

Kenya: Floods Threaten Marginalized People

Ensure Speedy Response to Protect Those at Risk

A family uses a boat after fleeing floodwaters that wreaked havoc in the Githurai area of Nairobi, Kenya, April 24, 2024.
March 5, 2024 Commentary

Kenyan Women Aren't Safe and Will No Longer Be Quiet

A woman is seen holding protest signs during the #EndFemicideKE and #TotalShutdownKE march in Nairobi, Kenya, January 27, 2024.
February 1, 2024 Commentary

Girls Need Government to Bring Facts, Not Feelings, to Policymaking

A 19-year-old mother is seen holding her baby bump in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2020.
December 9, 2023 Commentary

Kenya’s Troubled 60-Year Mental Health Journey

Four men sit chained in a room at the Coptic Church Mamboleo, in Kisumu city, western Kenya, where over 60 men, women, and children with real or perceived mental health conditions are detained. Staff at the church say residents are naked or partially clothed so that they do not run away or escape.
October 12, 2023 Commentary

How IMF-Driven Policies Make Some Kenyans Poorer

Governments, IMF Should Invest in Universal Social Security

Alfredo Akeyo at his home in Mathare, Kenya, August 31, 2023. 
October 9, 2023 Dispatches

Chained, Locked Up, and Abused … Because of a Disability

Governments Should Ban ‘Shackling’ This Mental Health Day

This man with a real or perceived psychosocial disability is one of the residents at Marsiyo’s House, a private family-run social care facility in Kebumen, Central Java, Indonesia. The crumbling shelter where he is chained leaves him exposed to hours of direct sunlight and constant dust.

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