Activists urge review of police training to address violence

>Just months to the referendum, activists are calling on the government to postpone the event until after the General Election and focus instead on the October polls. They argue that the country is not in a position to effectively manage the two crucial events, which could make or break the nation.

Consideration of gender equality in the formation of a new cabinet must be upheld, activists have urged.

Kenyan civil society campaigners said at the United Nations on Friday that International Criminal Court member states should consider imposing sanctions on Kenya if ICC judges rule that the government is not cooperating in the case involving President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Gender activists have reiterated the need for the government to hear the public call to review the Marriage Act of 1971 which allows girls as young as 14-year-old to marry with parental consent, saying it frustrates the war against child marriages and gender-based violence.

Activists against Constitution review process being put off
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Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) has faulted the decision to postpone the ongoing constitution review process to pave the way for the General Election slated for next year saying the two processes can in no way overlap. The Centre gave its stand few ...

East African Community (EAC) member states must intervene to stop Burundi’s pre-election violence or allow the international community to act on their behalf, lawyers, political analysts and human rights activists have said.

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African Court Holds Judicial Dialogue To Address Poll Violence
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The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has organized a Continental Judicial Dialogue slated for November in Arusha, Tanzania. The President of the African Court Justice Augustino Ramadhani says the dialogue will draw about 200 delegates from ...

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Activists condemn police brutality against journos
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Tanzania Editors' Forum Chairman Absalom Kibanda reads a TEF statement on police brutality against journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday. (Photo: Selemani Mpochi). The media and human rights activists have blamed the government over the excessive ...
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>Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THDC) has condemned the killings of two police officers in yet another attack on a police station in Rufiji District, Coast Region in wee hours on Wednesday.