Impactful UN Civil Society Conference #UNCSC w/ strong #HumanRights engagement from #Kenya . Highlight in closing w/ United Nations Secretary-General & President - #GoK recognised key role of civil society & delivered on commitment to operationalise the Public Benefits Organisations Act. 👏🏾

All of you help us trend: #Free27MathareHRDs

Human right defenders and community members arrested from Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) and GhettoFoundationkenya. are still being held at Pangani Police station.

National Police Service-Kenya and Inspector General of Police- Kenya. what's your plan with Kenyans calling out the government?

#Free27MathareHRDs

A huge Kenya CSO, UN delegation at the #2024UNCSC happening in #Nairobi . Glad to be part of the conversation with OHCHR-KENYA @Defenders Coalition 🇰🇪 Protection International - Africa ICJ Kenya Peace Brigades International - Kenya Amnesty Eastern Africa Amnesty Kenya DK Ngugi Gloria Madegwa Irũngũ Houghton

Attending #2024UNCSC calling 4 Solidarity against weaponization of humanitarian aid. #Free27MathareHRDs arrested by police 4 daring the state to stop displacement and corruption in distribution of humanitarian aid ⁦OHCHR-KENYA⁩ ⁦Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC)⁩ ⁦@Defenders Coalition 🇰🇪⁩

#ReleaseMathare27
#StopILLegaldetentionofHRDS

Kenya is not a dictatorship.
Kenya will not return to the dark nyayo era.

WHAT A SHAME! PICKET AT THE CONFERENCE TO GLOBALIZE THIS STONE COLD BARBARISM! AS CONVERSE REPORTS INDICATE THE SOME 50 PEOPLE IN THE MAI MAHIU LANDSLIDE, LIKE THE ESTIMATED 10,000 PALESTINIANS IN GAZA BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLES OF Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו Israel Defense Forces GENOCIDE, ARE BURIED IN THE MUD

#2024UNCSC must condemn and unequivocally call for unconditional release of 27 human rights defenders from Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) and other Social justice centres detained at Kenya police facilities for defending vulnerable groups rights to shelter

On Eve of the #2024UNCivilSocietyConference 27 HRDs are arrested at their Justice Centre where they coordinate humanitarian assistance to victims of flooding and displacement. The #UN , OHCHR-KENYA @Defenders Coalition 🇰🇪 KNCHR KHRC Amnesty Kenya must demand #Free27MathareHRDs

On the eve of the UN Civil Society meeting in Nairobi, 27 Human Rights Defenders are unlawfully arrested after protests by Mathare flood victims facing violent demolitions & evictions. These dedicated activists were leading community disaster responses.
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The disheartening state of our nation, and particularly our capital Nairobi, amid the current floods, is a cause for great concern for all Kenyans. Only a few months ago, the public was led to believe that certain funds were being allocated to facilitate preparation for predicted

It is with profound sadness that the Defenders Coalition and the human rights defender’s community mourns the passing of Benna Buluma – popularly known as Mama Victor - a courageous activist and leader in the fight for justice. Mama Victor joins a long list of Kenyans that have

Spoken Word Ndani ya Double MM !!!

Defenders Coalition was honoured to welcome representatives from GIZ to our office for a courtesy call yesterday. Together, we're strengthening partnerships and advancing human rights in Kenya! #DefendersCoalition #Standup4HumanRights

Happy International Women’s Day #NiMamaNetwork #IWD #InspireInclusion ⁦@Defenders Coalition 🇰🇪⁩ ⁦Sweden in Kenya⁩ ⁦Ford Foundation⁩ ⁦American Jewish World Service (AJWS)⁩ ⁦The Fund for Global Human Rights⁩ ⁦Rachael Mwikali⁩ ⁦Mott Foundation⁩ ⁦UAF⁩ ⁦Denmark MFA 🇩🇰⁩

After years following his commentaries, speeches and cutting edge debates on democracy, civil rights, equality justice, I finally met ⁦SenatorBooker⁩ in @Nairobi with fellow Kenya human rights defenders. Awe inspiring. 👍🏿 Ally. @Defenders Coalition 🇰🇪⁩ ⁦U.S. Embassy Nairobi⁩ ⁦

The time is now!
We demand our right as Women !
We demand our rights as Kenyan Citizens !

#EndFemicideKE
#TotalShutDownKE
#DarkValentine

Women Human Rights Defenders have gathered this evening University of Nairobi grounds to commemorate #DarkValentine , a remembrance of all the innocent women who have violently lost their lives.

Women’s rights are human rights!

#EndFemicideKE
#WeAreNotSafe
#TotalShutDownKE

The journey of Kenya’s liberation struggle is best told through the unique African Story telling, music, dance and poetry. Defenders Coalition was part of this great performance of frontline activists at the Kenya National Theatre Ukumbi Mdogo organized by the Ford Foundation

Kamau Ngugi, a human rights defender and Executive Director at Defenders Coalition takes us through the journey of the second era, the epoch of oppression, torture, and detention without trial, in an independent Kenya.