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…
ANOTHER HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK ON LGBTQ PERSONS AT THE KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP – 2 LEFT UNCONSCIOUS
On the 30th May, 2020, People’s Human Rights Forum reported, that a number of LGBTQ-identifying refugees drawn from different sub-Saharan countries at the Kakuma Refugee Camp had been brutally attacked…
MURDERED GAY MAN LAID TO REST.
A young gay man who was brutally murdered on the night of 19th May, 2020 in Likoni, Mombasa by as yet unknown persons(s), was buried on Saturday 23rd May, 2020…
International Day of Living Together in Peace 16 May
United in differences and diversity Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living…
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN KENYA DEALT A BLOW
Freedom of expression in Kenya suffered a blow last Wednesday, when Justice J. A. Makau of the High Court, dismissed a petition filed against the Kenya Film Classification Board for…
LEGAL AID
We are currently providing free legal representation in the following cases: The case of two men assaulted by a vigilante mob under the direction of a public official on the…
LITIGATION
The Centre has two cases pending in court: Msa HC. Petition number 18 of 2019, M. Vs The Kenya Film Classification Board. The suit seeks to fight discrimination and uphold…