Today, the High Court of Kenya is due to hear for the first time the case of a businesswoman and mother of three from the United Arab Emirates who, after apparently being mistaken to be an Al-Qaeda operative, was kidnapped and then rendered to Somalia and Ethiopia by Kenyan counter-terrorism… Read More
This submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, authored by REDRESS is collaboration with other civil society organisations, outlines key concerns in relation to Kenya’s adherence to the prohibition of torture. This submission may be used by the Committee to frame the list of questions Kenya should address in its upcoming report… Read More
Today, the ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda withdrew the charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta, who had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with the 2007/2008 post-election violence in Kenya, which left over 1,100 people dead and several hundred thousands of other victims. The Prosecutor announced her decision two days… Read More
Yesterday, the plenary of Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that the trial against William Ruto, the current Deputy President of Kenya and Joshua Sang, head of operations at Kass FM Kenya, jointly accused of violence following Kenya’s 2007 presidential election, will be held in The Hague. The… Read More
Following four years of legal battle and faced with irrefutable evidence, the UK government has finally acknowledged for the first time today the torture and ill-treatment inflicted by the colonial administration upon thousands of prisoners during the Kenya Emergency (1952-1960). In 2009, a group of elderly Kenyan victims of torture… Read More
Three elderly Kenyan victims of torture during the Mau Mau independence struggle in the 1950s today won a historic legal victory against the British Government, after the High Court rejected the Government’s argument that their claims are time barred under English law. The case will now proceed to a full… Read More
The case of Mutua and Others v The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will commence at 10:30am on Thursday 7 April at the Royal Courts of Justice. The hearing is before Mr Justice McCombe and is due to last 8-10 days. The case involves allegations of torture and other ill-treatment committed by… Read More
Kenya’s government illegally detained and rendered 150 citizens in a US-influenced ‘counter-terrorism’ operation, a report reveals today. The report, compiled by REDRESS and Reprieve, reveals the devastating effect of US policies on human rights in Africa, as Kenyan officials aped and obeyed their powerful ally in jettisoning hard-won legal rights… Read More
