PBI-Kenya outside the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi, January 11. On January 12, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “Yesterday #WHRDs and #HRDs across Kenya demonstrated against the increase in femicide and violence against women in Kenya, after the murder of #WHRD Elizabeth Ekaru.” Elizabeth Ibrahim Ekaru was murdered on January 3 in Read more…
Photo: Elizabeth Ibrahim Ekaru On January 5, PBI-Kenya tweeted: “We are shocked by the killing of Elizabeth Ibrahim Ekaru on Monday 3 January. We urge the government of #Kenya to conduct thorough investigations into her killing and to protect #HRDs #WHRDs.” Ekaru, who was 47 years old, was a renowned Read more…
Video: “By being women in the public space, and as guardians of our Indigenous and local communities and resources, we face marginalization, discrimination and racism, patriarchy and gender-based violence. As women human rights defenders we are at the intersection of all of these systems of oppression.” – Sara Mux, Ixpop Read more…
Kenyan environmental rights defender Nelly Madegwa will be speaking on the PBI ‘COP26 and land defenders’ webinar on November 6. To register to hear her speak, click here. Nelly advocates for women’s voices in community committees that deal with land disputes and the conservation of forests and rivers in the Read more…
Twitter photo: Equator News Uganda. In their most recent newsletter, the Peace Brigades International-Kenya Project noted: “PBI Kenya accompanied HRDs [human rights defenders] to Milimani Court during the inquest hearing of the case of Nura Malicha, who was killed on 15 February 2015.” They add: “The Magistrate found a police Read more…
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…