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Rights body warns of rising threats to human rights defenders

Human rights defenders and civil society actors from Kenya , Uganda and Tanzania during a press briefing in Nairobi over the state of of human rights on April 16th
2025.
(Collins Oduor, Standard)

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has documented at least seven killings, two enforced disappearances, and 132 arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders (HRDs) between 2020 and 2022.

The findings, contained in a new three-year review, show no recorded cases of kidnapping or torture during the period. 

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