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Katiba Institute, KHRC, IMLU and Other Civil Society Organisations Petition Against CS Murkomen’s Remarks on Police Use of Force

Katiba Institute, the Kenya Human Rights Commission, the Independent Medico-Legal Unit, and other members of the Police Reforms Working Group have filed a petition seeking, as an interim measure, a […]
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Public Safety Advisory for the National Police Service During the Exercise of the Right to Assembly and Public Protest

The National Police Service bears the primary responsibility of facilitating peaceful assemblies for Kenyans exercising their constitutional rights. Since 25 June 2024, the courts have also pronounced themselves on what […]
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Statement on the torture, assault and use of sexual violence against East Africans Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire

The Police Reforms Working Group calls on the East African Community and the international community to demand the Government of Tanzania hold accountable the police officers and their commanding officers […]
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PRWG-K Condemns Incommunicado Detention of Human Rights Defenders Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire in Tanzania

21 May, 2025. The Police Reforms Working Group – Kenya (PRWG-K) strongly condemns the arrest and incommunicado detention of renowned human rights defenders Boniface Mwangi of Kenya and Agather Atuhaire […]
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Enforced Disappearances Increased by 450% in 2024

May 7, 2025 There are five major highlights of this year’s 2024 Missing Voices Report: Missing Voices documented a total of 159 cases of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in […]
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Statement on the Arrest of Independent Film Producers on World Press Freedom Day

Nairobi, 3rd May 2025: The Police Reforms Working Group–Kenya (PRWG-Kenya) condemns the arrest of four independent film producers Nicholas Gichuki, Brian Adagala, Mark Karubiu, and Chris Wamae and the seizure […]
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Katiba Institute challenges the push to amend the Constitution.

Katiba Institute and its CSO partners have filed a petition before the High Court challenging the National Assembly’s push to amend the Constitution. The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2025 […]
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Kenya’s slide into repression deepens amid mounting crises

April 14, 2025 This year, CIVICUS downgraded Kenya’s civic space rating from “obstructed” to “repressed.” This follows rampant human rights abuse by state agents. Our country is bleeding. Kenyans are […]
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