Kenya - Kenyan media face fines, prison terms under proposed media bills
The Information and Communications Bill would impose fines of up to US $235,000 on media groups who breach a code of conduct, while the Media Council Bill would allow content to be banned if it is...
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ARTICLE 19 is concerned about the new media landscape in Kenya following the passage of two laws by the National Assembly on 5 December 2013. The effect of these laws is seriously damaging for the...
View ArticleKenya - Kenyan media prepare to battle new press laws
Kenya’s media are preparing to launch a challenge to a new system of regulation introduced by President Uhuru Kenyatta. Early this month, journalists instructed senior lawyer Mr. James Aggery Orengo,...
View ArticleRwanda - New report documents attacks on Rwandan opponents and critics abroad
"Repression Across Borders" illustrates the persistence of attacks on Rwandan opponents and critics in exile, spanning the period of 1996 to 2014. The most recent case was the murder of Patrick...
View ArticleKenya - Kenyan journalists win court victory against repressive media laws
A three-judge panel of the High Court in Nairobi has halted implementation of the Media Council Act 2013 and Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Act 2013 until the full Court considers the...
View Article- LGBT rights group denied registration in Kenya due to "unacceptable" name
The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission’s (NGLHRC) application to register was denied in 2013 because the Non-Governmental Organizations Coordination Board deemed the group’s name...
View Article- Kenyan authorities arrest Somali political reporter
The motive behind the arrest of Ibrahim Said Salah remains unspecified, but journalists believe that some politicians in Puntland are using Kenyan contacts to arrest the journalist, due to his reports...
View Article- Kenyan journalist covering police detained, harassed
Last month, police threatened and briefly detained Justus Ochieng, a reporter for the privately owned daily The Star, in connection with a story he wrote that alleged criminal activity by police...
View Article- Kenyan parliament to vote on restrictive security bill
Kenya's Security Laws (Amendment) Bill 2014 would, among other measures, expand intelligence agency surveillance powers. Several provisions would restrict media coverage of terrorist acts in Kenya,...
View Article- New Kenya security law undermines rights
The law, passed by parliament on December 18, 2014, and signed by the president on December 19, expands the search, seizure, and surveillance powers of the National Intelligence Service, curbs media...
View Article- Parts of security law restricting speech, media ruled unconstitutional
The Kenyan High Court decision has been hailed as an encouraging sign for the protection of people's fundamental freedoms.
View Article- On Earth Day, Phyllis Omido recognised for activism against poisonous...
Kenyan activist Phyllis Omido is being recognised for standing up to the people running a poisonous smelter that endangered her community in Mombasa.
View Article- Kenya's High Court rules LGBT group can register as NGO
The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission's original request to register had been denied in March 2013 because their name was deemed "unacceptable."
View Article- Kenyan editor murdered by unknown assailants in Eldoret town
Local journalists and a family member told CPJ they suspected John Kituyi may have been targeted in connection with a story in the Mirror Weekly that described the International Criminal Court case...
View Article- Threats facing journalists in northern Kenya
Kenyan journalists are increasingly being forced to make an impossible choice in their quest to report public interest stories, as they face attacks and threats from both militant groups and government...
View Article- Kenyan government targets NGOs in tense coastal region
The harassment and intimidation of the nongovernmental organisations Haki Africa and Muslims for Human Rights, is connected to their legitimate human rights work, Humans Rights Watch, Amnesty...
View Article- When civil society is attacked, Kenya's democracy is imperiled
The government’s recent pressure on nongovernmental organizations threatens a central pillar of the country’s democratic system—and ordinary Kenyans appreciate what they stand to lose.
View Article- Profile: Lawyer Eric Gitari
In Kenya, violence and discrimination against LGBTI people is rife. Yet signs of growing tolerance and the recent lifting of bans that had made organisations supporting LGBTI rights illegal can be...
View Article- Kenya's tradition of satire undermined by firing of celebrated cartoonist
Godfrey Mwampembwa's drawings include a 2009 cartoon that mocked President Kenyatta (finance minister at the time) for a $100 million accounting error.
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