Archive for the Human Rights Category

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

  Opening statements of the parties and participants during the confirmation of charges hearing in the case of The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali. The opening of the confirmation of charges hearing in the case of The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein [...]

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News Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Does Not Block Execution of Troy Davis

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Breaking News Alert —– U.S. Supreme Court Does Not Block Execution of Troy Davis The United States Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch request to step in late Wednesday to stay the Georgia execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of gunning down a Savannah police officer 22 years ago, after Mr. Davis filed an eleventh-hour [...]

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Muthaura, Kenyatta & Ali case: Opening of the confirmation of charges hearing, 21 September 2011

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

The opening of the confirmation of charges hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali took place on Wednesday, 21 September 201 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 Judge [...]

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Evaluation Report for the Anti Female Genital Mutilation Maasai (FGM) Project

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Evaluation Report for the Anti Female Genital Mutilation Maasai (FGM) Project Published: 2009 by Bistandsnemnda/Pentecostal Foreign Mission in Norway (PYM) Commissioned by: Bistandsnemnda/Pentecostal Foreign Mission in Norway (PYM) Carried out by: Lifework Consultancy Services Ltd (Kenya) by John Masas Soneya, Josephine Chemtai Biwott, Winnie Jebor Kangogo Project no: GLO-07/107-216 Organisation: Bistandsnemnda/Pentecostal Foreign Mission in Norway (PYM) Local partners: Free Pentecostal Fellowship [...]

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Victory, victory, victory, victory!

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

From Change.org! Best. Week. Ever. Here’s what happened in the last seven days, because Change.org members took action: 1) Ai Weiwei released! A petition started by more than 20 directors of the world’s most famous art museums turned into an international movement. 140,000 of us joined the campaign, and on Wednesday the Chinese dissident artist was [...]

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Campaign against female cut in Transmara

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

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How can we eradicate the practice, when people ignore the mechanism and continue to uphold myths and misunderstandings?

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

  Below is Ngais’ reaction following a question put across by  Simone Schwarz “FGM is among the most systematic and most widely spread forms of mistreatment and violation of children’s rights in the world – with over 3 million victims every year in Africa alone. How can we erradicate the practice, when people ignore the [...]

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From Swakei: Dear Parents of Maasai Nation,

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Dear Parents of Maasai Nation , We the youths of Maasai Nation are angry and furious with you. Fine fine, you took us to school, blah blah blah blah. You sold our land for Ksh 4000 to 40,000 per acre. Then it was subdivided and sold as plots by others who made whooping profits. As [...]

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Catherine Ashton: Publicly Support Saudi Women’s Right to Drive

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

Dear High Representative Ashton Change.org|Start an Online Petition » We are leading Saudi Women’s rights activists and we write this open letter – endorsed by citizens throughout the EU – to express our deep concern over the EU’s public silence on the issue of Saudi women’s right to drive. Saudi Arabia is also the only [...]

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On CNN Samburu beading. We must differentiate between different types of beadings.

Posted on May 17, 2011 by

Ole Ngais  On CNN Samburu beading. We must differentiate between different types of beadings. Follow the facebook debate here. Visit the Maasai-Youth-Led Congress Facebook forum to follow how the Samburu and Maasai are reacting on the beads for rape as provided by the CNN reporter David McKenzie. Category one: Non ceremonial beads. There is a beading [...]

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