#JUSTICEFORSHEILA: ANOTHER QUEER LIFE LOST TO THE BRUTALITY OF HOMOPHOBES.
Human Rights Defender found dead in her home after she was murdered, allegedly by six unknown men. The Queer community in Kenya is again mourning the brutal murder of a…
DIALOGUE FOR CHANGE-Conversations towards building an inclusive society.
72 out of 195 countries worldwide criminalize private, consensual, same-sexual activity. The majority of these jurisdictions explicitly criminalize sex between men via “sodomy’, “buggery” and “unnatural offences” law and consensual…
CMRSL’S STATEMENT ON THE KFCB DECISION TO BAN THE FILM “I AM SAMUEL”
The Centre for Minority Rights and Strategic Litigation (CMRSL) regrets the unfortunate decision of the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) announced on 23/9/2021 restricting the film “I am Samuel” from…
ACCELERATING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR LGBTQ PERSONS IN 5 KENYAN COASTAL COUNTIES
THE PROJECT 28th February 2021 marked the end of the Centre for Minority Rights and Strategic Litigation’s (CMRSL) 5 month project named Accelerating access to Justice for LGBTQ persons in…
A FURTHER CALL ON UNHCR TO URGENTLY OFFER PROTECTION TO LGBTQ+ REFUGEES IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP
For immediate release Feb. 26, 2021. On February 19, 2021, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) initiated and hosted a dialogue at the Danish Refugee Council. In attendance were; LGBTQ+ refugees…
ZERO DISCRIMINATION DAY 2021
The theme of this year is “Zero Discrimination against Women and Girls” and encourages every individual in the society to stand up against unfair treatment of Women and Girls, stigma…
CMRSL/LT/01/2021: Litigation Update
Judgement in two Constitutional petitions filed by the Centre For Minority Rights and Strategic Litigation (CMRSL) will be delivered on 19th April, 2021, after final arguments on both cases were…
LGBTQ REFUGEES IN KENYA COMMEMORATE WORLD REFUGEES DAY BY RECEIVING THE INJURED.
On 20th June 2020, the world commemorated the World Refugee Day under the theme “Every Action Counts”. The day is set aside to show solidarity with refugees whom violence has…
SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN THE KILLING OF A GAY MAN
The police have arrested 2 suspects in the killing of a gay man in Likoni, Mombasa on 19th May, 2020. Police from Likoni Police Station arrested the two suspects on…
HEARING OF AN APPEAL BY THE NGO CO-ORDINATION BOARD ADJOURNED.
The hearing of an appeal filed in the Supreme Court by the NGO Coordination Board challenging a judgement of the Court of Appeal upholding a High Court Judgement in which…