Voices from Defenders’ Days Close-up with Raabia Hawa, director of the Ulinzi Africa Foundation, Kenya. Eight years ago, Raabia Hawa, Kenya, left her career in media to fight poaching full-time. ...
Late yesterday evening, 13 January, Kenyan human rights defender Anastacia Nambo sent out a distress signal indicating she was in danger. Civil Rights Defenders received the alarm through our global s...
Since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, the Kenyan government has introduced a series of measures to curb its spread in the country, including banning all public and social gatherings an...
Early this morning, Kenyan human rights defender Joel Ogada used his Natalia Project alarm device to let Civil Rights Defenders know that a security incident had occurred close to his home. The situat...
Respect for civil and political rights continues to decrease in many parts of the world. In 2017 alone, more than 300 human rights defenders were killed, and many more attacked, harassed and threatene...
Today, court hearings resume in the case where the Owino Uhuru community and the environmental rights organisation Center for Justice, Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA), together are challen...
Voices from Defenders’ Days: Close-up with Brian Macharia at Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, GALCK What does your organisation do? It was established in 2006 as a voice for the voiceless – w...
Over the last few years, Natalia Project – the world’s first assault alarm and positioning system for human rights defenders at risk – has grown significantly. Today, the project includes more than 10...
More than 15 million Kenyans cast their vote on 8 August in the second general election since the country adopted a new Constitution in 2010.[1] Two weeks after the results were announced, it remains ...
Civil Rights Defenders, the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders – Kenya (NCHRD-K), DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and CIVICUS: World Alliance for...
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