Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Kenya court fines minister, police chief in new showdown

mars 30, 2018 3:23 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya court fines minister, police chief in new showdown

A Kenyan court fined the interior minister and police chief on Thursday after they defied orders to produce an opposition politician in court, who was instead deported for the second time in two months. A prominent but unelected politician with […]


Expelled Tanzanian national lives stateless in no man’s land at the border

mars 30, 2018 10:25 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Expelled Tanzanian national lives stateless in no man’s land at the border

By John Muthoni A Tanzanian man has spent the last four years on the no man’s land located between Tanzania and Kenya as he fights against deportation. Anudo Anudo had his passport taken by the the Tanzanian government who then […]


Kenya: Miguna Miguna vs Cabinet Secretary and others, High Court

mars 29, 2018 8:58 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Miguna Miguna vs Cabinet Secretary and others, High Court

Constitutional Petition No.51 of 2018 Orders: 1. A declaration that the 1st , 2nd and 3rd Respondents have violated Article 10 of the Constitution by failing to adhere to the rule of law in the sense that they have brazenly […]


Kenya. Il faut permettre à Miguna Miguna d’assister à son procès

mars 29, 2018 8:13 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya. Il faut permettre à Miguna Miguna d’assister à son procès

En réaction au refus des autorités kenyanes de permettre à Miguna Miguna d’assister à son procès, et au passage à tabac par la police de journalistes qui s’étaient rendus à l’aéroport international Jomo Kenyatta de Nairobi pour couvrir le retour […]


South Africa: No proof of birth, no education

mars 29, 2018 4:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: No proof of birth, no education

By Bongekile Macupe Sonia Sigauke was only 10 years old when she dropped out of school in Mozambique. After seven years at home, aged 17, Sigauke came to South Africa to look for her mother. She had left Mozambique in […]


Mauritanie : Des obstacles administratifs empêchent des enfants d’aller à l’école

mars 29, 2018 10:08 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Mauritanie : Des obstacles administratifs empêchent des enfants d’aller à l’école

(Tunis) – Le processus national d’ « enrôlement » à l’état civil en Mauritanie, empêche certains enfants de s’inscrire à l’école publique et de passer des examens nationaux obligatoires, a déclaré Human Rights Watch aujourd’hui. Le gouvernement devrait modifier ses politiques pour veiller […]


Kenya: Miguna: I’m held in tiny, filthy toilet without food and water

mars 29, 2018 7:09 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Miguna: I’m held in tiny, filthy toilet without food and water

By Felix Olick Fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna says that for three days he has been held captive in a filthy and cramped toilet since he landed on Monday at JKIA. The self-declared NRM ‘general’, who was dramatically detained after a […]


Kenya: Stop Arbitrary Detention of Lawyer at Airport

mars 28, 2018 8:28 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Stop Arbitrary Detention of Lawyer at Airport

Kenyan authorities should comply with court orders to release or produce in court the opposition lawyer Miguna Miguna, Human Rights Watch said today. Miguna, a Kenyan citizen who is being held in Kenya’s main airport in Nairobi, the Jomo Kenyatta […]


South Africa: Committee plans to shed light on Gupta citizenship

mars 28, 2018 4:26 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Committee plans to shed light on Gupta citizenship

By Bekezela Phakathi Parliament is pushing to get to the bottom of the controversial decision by the Department of Home Affairs to grant some members of the Gupta family South African citizenship. The home affairs portfolio committee agreed on Tuesday […]


Africa’s Human Rights Court Strengthens Protections for the Right to Nationality

mars 28, 2018 10:34 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Africa’s Human Rights Court Strengthens Protections for the Right to Nationality

NEW YORK—The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has taken a significant step to strengthen the right to nationality, in a case brought by a Tanzanian man who found himself forced to live in the no-man’s land between […]


Kenya: The Miguna Miguna story and what the elders might have said

mars 28, 2018 10:05 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: The Miguna Miguna story and what the elders might have said

By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO The drama elicited by opposition activist Miguna Miguna’s deportation to Canada and the chaos around attempts to deport him a second time earlier in the week after the court ordered his passport returned has taken Kenya to […]


Kenya: Miguna refuses to fill citizenship forms at JKIA in Nairobi

mars 27, 2018 12:03 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Miguna refuses to fill citizenship forms at JKIA in Nairobi

By Stella Cherono Impasse over lawyer Miguna Miguna’s return to Kenya persists at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi as his lawyer Cliff Ombeta says he will not fill citizenship forms issued by the Immigration department. Mr Ombeta on Tuesday […]