Petition to the President of the Republic of Kenya to end enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions by the Police
His Excellency, Uhuru Kenyatta
C.G.H. President and
Commander in Chief of The Defence Forces of The Republic of Kenya
Harambee House
Harambee Avenue
P O Box 62345- 00200
Nairobi, Kenya
July 4, 2016
HE Uhuru Kenyatta,
Petition to the President of the Republic of Kenya to end enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions by the National Police Service and provide justice for families of the disappeared and murdered
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Open in new tab Press Release on Killings of Lawyer and Two Men
Kenyan authorities must urgently investigate the killing last week of three men, including a human rights lawyer, and ensure that those found responsible are held to account in fair trials, 29 Kenyan and international human rights organizations said today. Human rights activists will today hold demonstrations in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya today to protest the heinous killings.
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Petition to the Inspector-General of Police to end enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions by the National Police Service and provide justice for families of the disappeared and murdered
Kenyans have reacted with grief and outrage to the discovery of the bodies of Willie Kimani, Josphat Mwendwa and Joseph Muiruri on July 1, 2016. Their bodies were found in Ol Donyo Sabuk River, a week after their abduction further to an appearance at Mavuko Law Courts. Evidence to date indicates they were all victims of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial executions.
Josphat Mwendwa was a boda boda rider pursuing a complaint with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority in respect of his having been shot by an Administration Police officer in April 2015. Willie Kimani was a human rights lawyer with the International Justice Mission, working to defend Josphat Mwendwa. Joseph Muiruri was their taxi driver that day.
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Open Letter to Member States of the UN Human Rights Council
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Open Letter to The President of The Republic of Kenya on The Enactment of the National Coroners Service bill, 2015 and the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2014.
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Enforced Disappearance of Willie Kimani, a Human Rights Defender together With Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri
We the undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of Willie Kimani, a human rights defender/lawyer, and his two associates, Josphat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri, who were abducted by the Administration Police (AP) on 23rd June 2016. The three were abducted as they left the Mavoko Law Courts in Machakos County shortly before 12:00 pm. Willie, who works for the International Justice Mission (IJM), was in court together with IJM client Josephat Mwenda, a 24 year old father of one who before the 10th April 2015, plied his trade as a Boda boda (motor cycle) rider. This is the culmination of numerous blatant attempts to intimidate Josphat to withdraw a complaint lodged with the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) against a senior Administration Police (AP) officer stationed at Syokimau AP Camp.
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High Court Rules on the Kenya Human Rights Commission Petition on deregistration
The High Court delivered judgment in a petition by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) challenging the decision of the Non-GovernmentaOrganizations Coordination Board (NGO Board) which threatened to cancel the registration certificate and freeze the accounts for the organization.
Justice Louis Onguto found that the failure by the NGO board to give the KHRC a hearing before arriving at a decision to cancel its registration was a violation of the constitutional right Justice Onguto further stated that this was compounded by the fact that the NGO board failed to furnish written reasons to the Kenya Human Rights Commission when the organization repeatedly wrote asking for such reasons.
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Press Release: Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu Launch
A coalition of like-minded civil society organizations, who have come together to proactively support Kenya’s preparations for the 2017 elections with a view to ensuring that the country minimizes the risks related to dysfunctional electoral competition which the country has experienced in the recent elections, launched a citizen initiative dubbed Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu.
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Bringing back the cane: The conduct of police in the recent protests by University of Nairobi students
Members of the Police Reforms Working Group strongly condemn the unlawful and excessive use of force and brutality exhibited against students by the GSU wing of the National Police Service of Kenya on Monday the 4th of April 2016 at the precincts of University of Nairobi.
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