Maina Kiai
@maina_kiai
Tweeting about human rights. Formerly @hrw, @InformAction_KE, UN Special Rapporteur, @thekhrc, @oversightboard & more.
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12-09-2013 11:20:18
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Today is Anar Mammadli's birthday. Send him your best wishes by writing to [email protected]. He will celebrate his birthday in a prison in #Azerbaijan. We will collect all your writings and send them per post directly to Anar Mammadli #FreeAnar #COP29
Police have detained Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) board member Khelef Khalifa and his family in Mida, near Malindi. Khalifa challenged the officers for hiding their faces when they stopped his car, citing a recent court ruling that mandates police identification. Khalifa was simply upholding the
From late April through June, unidentified assailants brutally attacked over a dozen activists in Georgia 🇬🇪, often in public places with witnesses & CCTV cameras nearby. Months later not a single suspect identified or arrested. Human Rights Watch research shows accountability urgently needed!
Tomorrow, the #EU's António Costa is hosting the first ever EU-#GCC Summit in #Brussels; this is my message to him and to the EU as a whole. #Bahrain #Saudi #UAE #Qatar #Oman #Kuwait #FreeAlkhawaja #freesalmaalshehab #DKPol
This past weekend, MUHURI had the honor of hosting the team from Search for Common Ground Kenya(@SFCG_Kenya), including their CEO, in our Mombasa office. It was a great moment to look back on our partnership journey and celebrate the impact we’ve achieved together in areas that #partnership 1/3
On November 15, 1884, the Berlin Africa Conference opened & paved the way for Europe to expand its colonial domination & exploitation across Africa. 140 years of failed European reckoning w its colonial legacies call for a decolonial conference. hrw.org/news/2024/11/1… ⤵️ Human Rights Watch
Moderated by Janet Jobson “South Africa: An Inspiration for Democracy in a Changing World” will feature Zingiswa Losi, Maina Kiai and Risham Waseem, who will reflect on the political transition in South Africa in 1994 and the role international solidarity played. #WM12Assembly
Read the joint press release to learn what delegates from Africa or of African descent think Europe needs to do to address their colonial legacies. Human Rights Watch is grateful for the partnership w Dekoloniale to mark 140 years since the Berlin Africa Conference. hrw.org/news/2024/11/1…
The 1884 Berlin Africa Conference paved the way for Europe to expand its colonial domination across Africa. Almaz Teffera just attended the Dekoloniale Berlin Africa conference, a counter-version of the original conference, to reflect on the legacy of European colonialism ⤵️
It's been 30 years since KHRC was registered in Kenya, after it was founded in Washington D.C., in US in 1992. Ernest Cornel, CPM (MTI), MPRSK reflects on three decades of KHRC and what lies ahead. Stay tuned for a major event tonight as we launch our legacy book, Rights And Fights. #KHRCat30
In widespread & apparently punitive acts police &other security forces in #Georgia have used brutal violence against largely peaceful protesters. The scale of police violence is shocking & indicated that the authorities sanctioned or condoned it, says Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/12/2…
#RutoMustGo I have worked for several years with Admiration for Martin Mavenjina, a decent, honest, hardworking HR defender. He has a future, which is more than we can say for the man who deported him.
