The Law Society of Kenya has vowed to pursue sponsors of political violence after suspected goons disrupted a civil society ...

Over a century ago, in 1910, British colonial authorities in Kenya redesigned a then-smallpox isolation center into what became the Nairobi Lunatic Asylum, a dire institution in which African patients ...

We write in advance of the 72nd pre-session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights regarding Kenya’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has raised concerns over the rising number of government ...

Andre Kasuku / AP Human Rights Watch accused Kenyan authorities on Thursday of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.

Kenya has come under renewed international pressure to address a wide range of human rights violations as the United Nations Human Rights Council issues recommendations during the country's latest ...

(Left) Haki Africa Executive Director Hussein Khalid, (center)Human Rights defender Maria Sarungi and Law Society of Kenya Council Member Stephen Mbugua when they joined Amnesty International East and ...

A human rights project in Kenya has launched a new curriculum to train journalists in the country on how best to report on human rights related issues. An initiative of the Canadian media development ...

Concerns over Kenya’s human rights record have cast a shadow over a UN decision that gave Kenya the go ahead to lead an armed multinational force to Haiti amid brutal gang violence in the Caribbean ...

Government critics – specifically those who participated in the protests against the controversial Finance Bill – are now living in fear, warn the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and ...