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Human Rights Advocate Accepts Ruto's Appointment Despite Past Criticism
26 Aug 2025 14:12 GMT
… criticism of police brutality and human rights violations by the government.
In … his advocacy duties at the human rights organisation and focus on … appointment as Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission of Human Rights (KNCHR)), Naini Lankas, Dr Francis …
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EKIRU: Ambiguities of Ruto’s human rights payout framework for reparative justice
23 Aug 2025 09:31 GMT
… wounds
of past human rights violations linked to … remains high.
Human rights bodies have criticised … for
protest-related human rights violations requires comprehensive … relevant human rights bodies such as the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).
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Kenyan Police Attack Youth-led Demonstrations
01 Sep 2025 00:25 GMT
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A statement posted on the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights (KNCHR) on the death in … abuses in police custody. The KNCHR demands full cooperation from the … transparent, independent investigation by both KNCHR and the Independent Policing Oversight …
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US Accuses Ruto Government of Backsliding on Human Rights
14 Aug 2025 07:37 GMT
… of sliding backwards on human rights, warning of unlawful … deterioration in the human rights situation during the year … arbitrary arrests.”
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights recorded 60 deaths … during protest operations. KNCHR reported 82 cases of …
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U.S. raises alarm over Ruto govt’s ‘deteriorating’ human rights record
14 Aug 2025 06:25 GMT
… deterioration in the human rights
situation during the …
detentions.”
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) recorded
60 … prisoners.
“According to human rights NGOs, beatings, … investigations and detaining human rights activists who registered …
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Rights body warns of rising threats to human rights defenders
13 Aug 2025 10:58 GMT
… Collins Oduor, Standard)
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has documented at least seven … and 132 arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders (HRDs) between 2020 … lack consistent evaluation of Human Rights training for non-commissioned …
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JLAC to Prioritise KNCHR nominee Claris Onganga’s Vetting Despite Parliamentary Recess
20 Aug 2025 02:46 GMT
… as Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), following the withdrawal of … August 14, 2025.
The KNCHR Chairperson’s position became vacant … the timelines provided under the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Act, Cap 7I,” …
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Ruto hands Claris Onganga declined KNCHR Chairperson post
15 Aug 2025 18:15 GMT
… Onganga as Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), days after Duncan Oburu … Katiba Institute and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) petitioned the … of disregarding constitutional provisions, the KNCHR Act, and Kenya’s …
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KNCHR demands more than just cash compensation for protest victims
13 Aug 2025 23:16 GMT
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) wants
victims of … highlighting the state of human rights defence in the country
… a strong foundation for human rights, but in
reality, … 2022, reveals
that seven human rights defenders were killed, two …
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KNCHR nominee Duncan Ojwang turns down Ruto appointment
13 Aug 2025 19:49 GMT
… of Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) will not proceed after … the Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the name and curriculum … Katiba Institute and the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) filed a …