Kenya Fails to Honor Human Rights Promises to UN

Expand Policemen attempt to disperse supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition along Likoni road as they are repulsed from accessing city Centre, in Nairobi, Kenya November 17, 2017. © REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Human Rights Watch submitted a report to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council last week, highlighting key rights concerns in Kenya. The council is set to review Kenya’s human rights record in 2020 as part of the third Universal Periodic Review cycle, an opportunity for the government to show what improvements it has made.…

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