HUMAN RIGHTS IN KENYA
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Uganda: Authorities Must Investigate Unlawful Detention and Deportation of Kenyan Human Rights Lawyer
June 23, 2026
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Cambodia: Growing Humanitarian Crisis as Escaped Scamming Compound Survivors Tell of Murder, Rape and Torture
January 27, 2026
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Kenya: Authorities Weaponized Social Media and Digital Tools to Suppress Gen Z Protests
November 18, 2025
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Tanzania: Torture and Forcible Deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan Activists Must be Urgently Investigated
May 27, 2025
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Saudi Arabia: Migrant Domestic Workers Face Severe Exploitation, Racism and Exclusion from Labor Protections
May 13, 2025
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Kenya: Meta Can be Sued in Kenya for Role in Ethiopia Conflict
April 3, 2025 | meta
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Child Protection Urged as the Multinational Security Support Mission Deploys to Haiti
July 2, 2024 | haiti
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Amnesty International USA Reaction to the Biden Administration’s Response to Protests in Kenya
June 26, 2024 | Kenya
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Governments and Police Must Stop Using COVID-19 Pandemic as Pretext for Abuse
December 16, 2020 | abuses by law enforcement
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Generation Z Ranks Climate Change Highest as Vital Issue of our Time in Amnesty International Survey
December 9, 2019 | Children
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Amnesty Statement on the attack of Dusit D2 Hotel and Office Complex, Nairobi
January 16, 2019 | Al-Shabaab
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Amnesty and Sofar Sounds partner for Write for Rights concert and letter writing event
November 30, 2018 | write for rights