Police used excessive and sometimes lethal force to enforce a curfew and to disperse peaceful protests; they also carried out extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances. Journalists and bloggers were subjected to harassment, intimidation and arbitrary arrests. COVID-19 movement measures were restrictive and undermined the right to health for women and for people from marginalized groups, and subjected refugees and asylum-seekers to further hardship. Women continued to face inequality. The authorities forcibly evicted thousands of people, and the President disregarded the Constitution by failing to appoint superior court judges.
Read MoreRetains the death penalty in law, but hasn’t executed for at least 10 years
Analysis, opinion, personal stories and more.
Office address: 3rd Flr Parkfield Place Kanjata Road, off Waiyaki Way Westlands NAIROBI Mailing address: PO Box 1527 00606 Sarit Centre NAIROBI
002540204283000
Office: Riverside Studios Riverside Lane, Off Riverside Drive Nairobi, Kenya Mailing: PO Box 1527 00606 Sarit Centre Nairobi, Kenya
+254 20 4283000
