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The global civil society alliance CIVICUS urgently called on Kenyan President William Ruto and his administration on Wednesday to promptly and unconditionally release 20 protesters who have been reported missing following recent civil unrest. CIVICUS called upon Ruto to fulfill his commitments regarding human rights by ensuring the release of unjustly detained individuals, addressing any harm [...]

UN Designated Expert on Human Rights in Haiti William O’Neill warned Friday that armed gangs are systematically targeting the country’s healthcare system and called for the protection of Haitians’ access to health services. According to O’Neill’s assessment, only 37 percent of health facilities in Port-au-Prince remain fully functional, with access severely limited by security concerns. [...]

A New York federal court on Thursday indicted Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other executives of his renewable energy company. The charges include conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud and substantive securities fraud in a multi-billion USD scheme to obtain funds from US investors and global financial institutions on the basis of false and [...]

The Supreme Court of Kenya on Tuesday reversed the Court of Appeal ruling that had declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional. President William Ruto signed the Finance Act into law on June 26, 2023, but it was later contested for unconstitutionality before the High Court. The 11 petitions filed in the High Court challenged the [...]

The Senate of Kenya voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday following a two-day hearing before a full Senate, in which he was convicted on five of 11 charges. As a result of the convictions, Gachagua will be removed from office and barred from holding public office for life. Gachagua is expected to [...]

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and public activist Wanjiru Gikonyo filed a petition in the High Court of Kenya on Thursday to challenge the recent appointments of cabinet secretaries in the country. The petition seeks to nullify the appointments of all 19 cabinet secretaries sworn in by President William Ruto just a day earlier. [...]

Less than a week since the resignation of the former inspector general of police, Japhet Koome, Amnesty International and other organizations called on President William Ruto Wednesday to hold a competitive recruitment process for the the next inspector general (IG) and restore the role of the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) in recruiting all senior [...]

President William Ruto on Thursday dismissed his cabinet and the attorney general, save for the deputy president and the Prime Cabinet Secretary (PCS). In a televised press release, the president directed that in the absence of these cabinet secretaries, principal secretaries would coordinate the ministries until the next cabinet is constituted. According to the president: [...]

On June 18, 2024, huge demonstrations broke out in Kenya over the contested Finance Bill 2024. These protests initially intended to compel legislators to reject the bill, which featured provisions that would financially burden Kenyans. Unlike the previous protests against the Finance Bill 2023, this one had several distinguishing characteristics. Primarily, the country’s Gen Z youth spearheaded these [...]

David Odero is a law student at Kisii University and a special correspondent for JURIST. He filed this dispatch from Nairobi.    After several nights of terror, abductions, running battles and the deaths of protesters in the hands of rogue police, President William Ruto has finally decided to withdraw the controversial Finance Bill and send it [...]