Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Kenya's Supreme Court ruled 4-2 Friday to invalidate the recent presidential election. UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee on Thursday expressed grave concern for...
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Since the Kenyan presidential election on August 8, more than 12 people have been killed and more than 100 have been badly injured due to serious human rights violations , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. Following the announcement...
UN rights chief urges Kenya leaders to avoid post-election violence
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on Kenyan leaders Tuesday to "take the responsible path and exercise their leadership to avoid violence" in the wake of last week's contentious election. Deadly protests erupted...
Kenya president's controversial reelection triggers deadly protest
According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights , a protest in opposition of the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second five-year term has resulted in at least 24 people dead on Saturday. Kenya police used...
Kenya appeals court orders release of doctors' union leaders
A judge for the Court of Appeals in Kenya on Wednesday ordered the release of seven officials of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) who were jailed earlier this week due to an...
UN rights experts urge Kenya to cease crackdowns on rights groups
A group of UN human rights experts urged Kenya on Tuesday to stop crackdowns on human rights groups to protect the integrity of the August elections. The experts warned the crackdown on the rights groups could delegitimize the election process...
A judge in Kenya has sentenced the leaders of the doctors' union to one month in prison over an ongoing strike.. The strike, which was started by the union over pay and service conditions, has continued since December....
A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered doctors to end a strike or risk being sent to jail. The union protest has lasted for more than six weeks and has sent the hospital system into a crisis . Justice...
UN rights experts condemn Kenya violence against protesters and journalists
A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned reported violence against anti-corruption protesters and journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi last week. The experts criticized what they called "a violent clampdown on...
A Kenyan member of parliament (MP) on Friday evening called for all judges of the Kenyan Supreme Court to resign after it was recommended that a tribunal investigate Justice Philip Tunoi for allegedly accepting a Sh200 million...