On August 19, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “The Social Justice Centres Working Group alerts about ongoing demonstrations in Kayole.” The Social Justice Centres Working Group (@UhaiWetu – Our Lives) had tweeted: “Demonstration in Kayole after police kill a bodaboda man during curfew and left the body at the scene. Citizens are tired Read more…
Photo: On March 24, 2021, Missing Voices released its 2020 report on police killings and enforced disappearances in Kenya. On August 17, The Guardian reported: “The Kenyan police killed 157 people in 2020, up from 144 the previous year, according to Missing Voices, a group of organisations investigating unlawful killings Read more…
On July 19, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted: “We are saddened and shocked by the murder of environmental defender Joannah Stutchbury, who was killed on 15 July just outside her home.” The Guardian reports: “A prominent environment activist has been shot dead near her home in Kenya, after receiving Read more…
On July 7, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “We came to follow up on the health and safety of the 5 HRDs [human rights defenders] including @happyolal [Happy Olal] arrested today during #SabaSabaMarchForOurLives.” The Social Justice Centres Working Group has also tweeted: “The Convener of the Social Justice Centres Working Group Comrade @happyolal Read more…
PBI-Kenya at the Feminist for Peace Rights and Justice Centre. On May 17, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project posted: “The PBI team paid visits to all the settlements of the WHRD [Women Human Rights Defenders] Toolkit Organizers [TOs]: Mathare, Mukuru, Kibera, Langata, and Kawangware.” “The main objective was to get Read more…
The Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project has posted: “PBI Kenya began the year on a high note, by continuing to support the work of the HRDs [human rights defenders] of the Social Justice Centres in Kenya through a new project titled ‘Raising the voice, visibility and effectiveness of the human rights Read more…
Photo from tweet by Edgar Ogutu Liberator. On April 7, Maryanne Kasina tweeted: “Police In this Country have always decided to betray the people and protect the Oppressors.” Kasina, the co-founder of Kayole Community Justice Centre and convener of Women in Social Justice Centres movement in Kenya, participated in a Read more…
On April 6, PBI-Kenya posted: “In March, the WHRD [Women Human Rights Defenders] Toolkit Organizers held town hall forums with 125 teenage girls across the settlements to discuss the process of reporting SGBV [Sexual and Gender Based Violence] cases. This was in response to the increase in SGBV incidents.” They Read more…
On March 23, PBI-Kenya posted: “Missing Voices will be launching the 2020 Annual report on police killings tomorrow at Mama Ngina Drive in Mombasa. Stay tuned for this critical audit of policing in Kenya as we mark International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations Read more…
On March 23, PBI-Kenya posted: “Check out this report with Toolkit Organizer Editar Ochieng who defends women’s rights and helps survivors of sexual abuse. She shares about her work, her story and shows Les Émissions CANAL+ Afrique the murals made with the support of Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project.” Editar says: Read more…