Archive for the Human Rights Category

Kenya situation: Summary of the decisions on the confirmation of charges, 23 January 2012

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

  Situation: The Republic of Kenya Cases: The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali On Monday, 23 January 2012, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its decisions to confirm or decline to [...]

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Kenya’s Samburu people ‘violently evicted’ after US charities buy land

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

3 The Guardian on Facebook. The pastoralist Samburu have reported constant harassment from police with women allegedly raped and animals seized. Photograph: Zhao Yingquan/Xinhua Members of the Samburu people in Kenya have been abused, beaten and raped by police after the land they lived on for two decades was sold to two US-based wildlife charities, [...]

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Milking the Rhino Trailer

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

  A ferocious kill on the Serengeti… dire warnings about endangered species… These clichés of nature documentaries ignore a key feature of the landscape: villagers just off-camera, who navigate the dangers and costs of living with wildlife on a daily basis. When seen at all, rural Africans are often depicted as the problem — they [...]

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We’re not benefiting from the Wildlife conservation.

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

The tittle should actually read something like this: Unfair distribution of natural resources, The case of Wildlife Conservation in Laikipia County Unfair distribution of natural resources in laikipia county is generating a negative attitude towards wildlife conservation especially following the Eland land saga. …… The Maasai/Samburu and other pastoral communities DO NOT(EQUALLY) benefit from natural [...]

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My last comment, the one that made K4W to block me

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

With all due respect to the host, i’m getting to experience the inability to have a balanced debate at the K4W’s forum. To my best understanding the K4W is too “nationalistic” in their approach while I consider myself as a patriotic animal lover. That is where I see the difference between myself as an indigenous [...]

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Court blocks KWS, Moi park deal

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

This video may well be blocked in certain parts of the world. If it is, i suggest visiting the channel 4 website and seeing if they are still showing it for free on there   Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has suffered a setback in its plans to build a new national park in Laikipia on [...]

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Police attacks displaced Samburu at Kisargei

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

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We’re not benefiting from the Wildlife conservation.

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

The tittle should actually read something like this: Unfair distribution of natural resources, The case of Wildlife Conservation in Laikipia County Unfair distribution of natural resources in laikipia county is generating a negative attitude towards wildlife conservation especially following the Eland land saga. …… The Maasai/Samburu and other pastoral communities DO NOT(EQUALLY) benefit from natural [...]

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Conservations Dirty Secrets – Part 1

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

This video may well be blocked in certain parts of the world. If it is, i suggest visiting the channel 4 website and seeing if they are still showing it for free on there  

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Muthaura, Kenyatta & Ali case: In the Courtroom programme – Confirmation of charges hearing

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

The confirmation of charges hearing in the case of The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali took place on from 21 September to 5 October 2011 before Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is composed of Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova (presiding judge), Judge Hans-Peter Kaul and [...]

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