Protection International Kenya contributes to the creation of a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society.
Our objective: Accompany HRDs and communities at risk in Africa so they are better able to protect themselves against risks associated with targeted discrimination, criminalisation and persecution. PI Kenya do this through proactive risk management and advocating for improved protective behaviours by public authorities and other relevant stakeholders.
Our publications in Swahili:
Other initiatiaves: The team carried out a baseline survey on risks for journalists and came up with a manual and a protocol for media houses to protect their journalists. So far 5 media houses have signed the protocal, two of which are the biggest print and TV houses in Kenya.
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Building a Security Network in Kenya
In Kenya, security awareness and management is an issue of paramount importance in order to mitigate the risks individuals and organizations workin
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Missing Voices, released a shocking report on the status of extra judicial killings in Kenya, indicating that this issue is far from being resolved and merits more attention from public authorities....
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Protection International, Defenddefenders and the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Kenya co-signed a press statement on the attack and shooting of Tundu Antiphas Lissu Human rights...
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Dear Secretary Kerry, Your forthcoming visit to Kenya scheduled to take place on 22 August 2016, comes at a time when the country is faced with significant human rights and rule of law challenges. In...
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Kenya: Set up judicial inquiry into hundreds of enforced disappearances and killings The Kenyan government must set up a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate and bring to justice all those...
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Vacancy at Protection International Protection International is an equal opportunities employer Background Protection International aisbl (PI) is an International NGO based in Brussels which aims at...
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On Monday 21 September 2015 a Malindi court terminated a case in which the Kenyan Human Right Defender (HRD) Joel Ogada had been charged with forcible detainer under section 91 of the Criminal...
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Kenyan Human Rights Defender (HRD) Joel Ogada was finally released on Wednesday 16th September 2015, exactly sixteen (16) months since he was convicted of arson on 16th May, 2014. Mr. Ogada, a farmer...
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Nairobi, 6 November 2014- On 6 October, the magistrate at the Malindi Law Courts denied the application for bail pending appeal of human rights defender Joel Ogada. Kenyan human rights defender Joel...
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In cooperation with Protection International, the Kenya Media Working Group has published a Protocol on the Safety and Protection of Journalists in Kenya. This safety manual, published in both...
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In cooperation with Protection International, the Kenya Media Working Group has published a Protocol on the Safety and Protection of Journalists in Kenya. This safety manual, published in both...
