Kenya

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Spotlight: Kenya Censorship Gender

Rafiki: Ban lifted on Kenyan film that challenges stereotypes at home and abroad

19 September 2018
Caro Rolando for IFEX

The High Court of Kenya has temporarily lifted the ban on Rafiki. Judge Wilfrida Okwany delivered the ruling on 21 September 2018, stating “I am not convinced that Kenya is such a weak society that its moral foundation will be shaken by seeing such a film.”

Kenya Access to Information Digital Rights

Ory Okolloh Mwangi: The Kenyan Pundit

Tech-savvy lawyer and activist Ory Okolloh Mwangi has combined her skills and passion to increase government transparency and accountability.

‎ IFEX‎12 June 2018

Kenya Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Kenya's draft Computer and Cybercrimes Bill could dramatically chill freedom of expression online

ARTICLE 19 undertakes an analysis of Kenya's Draft Computer and Cybercrimes Bill 2017, to assess its compatibility with international human rights standards.

‎ ARTICLE 19‎16 April 2018

Kenya Attacks

Journalists assaulted by police officers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Journalists reporting on the standoff between returning opposition politician Miguna Miguna and immigration officials disputing his right to enter were harassed and abused by Kenyan police officials.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎29 March 2018

Latest from Kenya

Reflections from Maina Kiai

‎ Samuel Gebre for IFEX

Kenya International Freedom of Assembly Gender 5 February 2018
RSF urges Kenya to end broadcast ban on four TV channels

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Kenya Censorship 2 February 2018
Kenya cuts TV transmissions over coverage of Raila Odinga's "swearing in"

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Kenya Censorship 31 January 2018
Boniface Mwangi: Kenyan photographer and activist

‎ IFEX

Kenya Attacks 21 December 2017
Media company hired by Trump created Kenyan president's "anonymous" attack campaign against rival, investigation finds

‎ Privacy International

Kenya Access to Information Digital Rights 18 December 2017
Data, democracy, and Kenya's contested elections

‎ Global Voices Advox

Kenya Digital Rights 20 November 2017
Kenya: Journalists assaulted, detained while covering post-election violence

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Kenya Impunity Attacks 23 August 2017
Harassment reaches new heights during Kenya elections

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Kenya 8 August 2017
Royal Media group journalist Emmanuel Namisi threatened, assaulted in Kenya

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Kenya Attacks 13 June 2017
The ghost of elections past

‎ Human Rights Watch

Kenya Attacks Censorship 2 June 2017
Disappeared: South Sudan activist Dong Samuel Luak & opposition official Aggrey Idris

‎ Human Rights Watch

Kenya South Sudan Censorship Free Expression & the Law 27 April 2017
The Trump effect

‎ PEN American Center

Kenya United States Attacks Zimbabwe Free Expression & the Law 6 April 2017
Reporter beaten by police while investigating police violence in Kenya

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Kenya Attacks Censorship 23 March 2017
Turning the tide for LGBTQI+ rights in Kenya

‎ Caro Rolando for IFEX

Kenya Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly Gender 7 March 2017
Eric Gitari: Winning on perilous ground

‎ IFEX

Kenya Free Expression & the Law Gender 22 February 2017
Kenya declares criminal defamation unconstitutional

‎ ARTICLE 19

Kenya Free Expression & the Law 16 February 2017
British correspondent expelled from Kenya without explanation

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Kenya Censorship Free Expression & the Law 8 February 2017
Prominent lawyer and human rights advocate faces forced return to South Sudan

‎ Human Rights Watch

Kenya South Sudan Free Expression & the Law 26 January 2017
Kenyan politician "jokes" about rape of political rival on live TV

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Kenya Attacks Gender 23 November 2016
Kenya: Politicians must be held to account for intimidation and harassment of journalists

‎ ARTICLE 19

Kenya Attacks 24 August 2016
Brutal Kenyan extrajudicial killing must be investigated

‎ Human Rights Watch

Kenya Impunity Attacks 4 July 2016
Kenya urged to investigate police use of excessive force, killing of protesters

‎ Human Rights Watch

Kenya Attacks Freedom of Assembly 21 June 2016
Kenyan police face investigation for excessive force against protestors

‎ Freedom House

Kenya Attacks Freedom of Assembly 19 May 2016
Kenya's tradition of satire undermined by firing of celebrated cartoonist

‎ PEN International

Kenya Censorship 21 March 2016
When civil society is attacked, Kenya's democracy is imperiled

‎ Freedom House

Kenya Free Expression & the Law 11 January 2016
Kenyan government targets NGOs in tense coastal region

‎ Human Rights Watch

Kenya Free Expression & the Law 11 June 2015

At a glance

Most covered free expression issues in this country

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Kenya

The High Court ruled Section 132 of the penal code unconstitutional in April 2017; the provision penalized “undermining the authority of public officers” and had been used to prosecute online and offline speech

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2017: Kenya

A number of journalists and bloggers were arrested under a section of the 2013 Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Act (KICA) that criminalized the transmission of “offensive” or “menacing” messages over telecommunications devices. However, in April, the High Court found that section unconstitutional.

Freedom House 28 April 2017
Track, capture, kill: Inside communications surveillance and counterterrorism in Kenya

This investigation focuses on the techniques, tools and culture of Kenyan police and intelligence agencies’ communications surveillance practices.

Privacy International 15 March 2017