Human Rights Dispatch Mar 9, 2026 Ghana Anti-LGBTQ Bill, China Secrecy Crackdown, Kobzev Imprisonment Case and more. Today, Russian lawyer Vadim Kobzev turns 42 in prison. Separated from his wife and three children for doing his job, he spends his birthday alone. HRF condemns his arbitrary detention and calls on the Russian regime to release him immediately and unconditionally.
Human Rights Dispatch Mar 2, 2026 Kenya detains prominent activist, Hong Kong jails activists father, Volker Türk pressured to address Beijing’s repression, and more. HRF joined @CHRDnet and 24 other civil society organizations calling on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk to directly address Beijing’s deepening repression during his February 27 address to the UN Human Rights Council. Silence enables impunity.
Human Rights Dispatch Feb 24, 2026 Tanzanian human rights activist abducted, Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj “Trial by Jail” HRF condemns Sunday’s violent abduction of Tanzanian human rights activist Mshabaha Hamza Mshabaha in Kenya in a coordinated operation to forcibly return him to Tanzania. HRF calls on Kenya to ensure his safety and hold Tanzania accountable for its campaign of transnational repression on Kenyan soil.
Announcement May 1, 2023 Meet Oslo Freedom Forum Speaker Malcolm Bidali Meet Malcolm Bidali (@NoahArticulates), a prominent Kenyan human rights defender, migrant workers’ rights activist, and 2023 Oslo Freedom Forum speaker.
Publication Feb 7, 2018 Kenya deports opposition lawyer charged with treason (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities deported a lawyer charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga, prompting a rare rebuke from the Chief Justice who…
Media Feb 2, 2018 Kenya arrests lawyer, keeps TV stations shut (Reuters) – Kenya on Friday arrested an opposition lawyer and defied a court order to lift a ban on three private television stations that had covered the symbolic presidential inauguration…
News Nov 20, 2017 Kenya Court Upholds President’s Election Win (The New York Times) – Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed two petitions seeking to overturn last month’s presidential vote, paving the way for the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second term.
News Nov 17, 2017 Two killed as Kenyan police disperse supporters cheering opposition leader (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters cheering a convoy carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central Nairobi, a Reuters photographer said.
News Oct 26, 2017 HRF Condemns Kenya’s Election Rerun After Kenya’s Supreme Court overturned the August election, we hoped against hope that the rule of law had returned to Kenya.
News Oct 24, 2017 Kenya’s top court to hear petition to postpone election Kenya’s Supreme Court plans to hear last-minute arguments that Thursday’s presidential election should be postponed because a free and fair vote cannot be guaranteed.
News Oct 18, 2025 Kenya election commissioner flees days before new vote, saying it cannot be fair Kenya election commissioner flees days before new vote, saying it cannot be fair. One of Kenya’s top officials in charge of overseeing next week’s presidential election resigned Wednesday, fled the country and said the upcoming vote could not be fair.
News Oct 10, 2017 Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga withdraws from Oct. 26 election re-run Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta says the new election will go ahead despite the opposition candidate’s withdrawal.
News Oct 6, 2017 Police Tear-Gas Kenyan Vote Protesters as Crowds Gather in Cities In the lead up to the presidential election re-run that will be held later this month, the opposition has made calls for the removal of members from Kenya’s electoral commission after the Supreme Court cancelled the presidential election result from this past August citing irregularities.
