https://www.bizcommunity.com/111/828.html Kenya Human Rights Law news 15 Human Rights Law news - Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/111/828.html en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:38:40 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/apple-faces-new-lawsuit-over-congo-conflict-minerals-396458a A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker's denials. 1-263733 Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:57:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/meta-can-be-sued-in-kenya-over-posts-related-to-ethiopia-violence-court-rules-581650a A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued in the East African country over its alleged role in promoting content that led to ethnic violence in neighbouring Ethiopia, a plaintiff in the case said. 1-256716 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/549/238060.html A Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death appeared in court on Tuesday, 2 May 2023, as investigators searched for more bodies in a forest in eastern Kenya where 101 corpses have already been unearthed. 1-238060 Tue, 02 May 2023 16:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/849/237764.html For Kenya's lesbians and gays, a supreme court ruling allowing the rights body that represents their interests to register as a non-governmental organisation has turned out to be a mixed blessing. 1-237764 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/828/224930.html Judges at the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday ruled that Uganda must pay $325m in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo's resource-rich Ituri province. 1-224930 Thu, 10 Feb 2022 12:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/828/222108.html Supporters and opponents of Ghana's new anti-LGBT bill faced off in parliament on Wednesday, 10 November 2021, in the first public hearings into the proposed legislation that would make it a crime to be gay, bisexual or transgender. 1-222108 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 11:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/712/222097.html It has now become commonplace for major corporations to join in on LGBT events such as Pride Month, National Coming Out Day or the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Indeed, this is sometimes a source of criticism within the community as companies are perceived to be cashing in on LGBT causes. 1-222097 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/712/216067.html The socio-political and developmental health of a nation can be determined by the lived experiences of, and rights afforded to, the most marginalised within that nation. On the African continent, some of the most marginalised individuals are those belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. While the health of the people of the continent has been brought into even sharper focus since the beginning of 2020 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is clear that the developmental goals of the continent are threatened by the ongoing exclusion and marginalisation of, and violence against, members of the LGBT community. 1-216067 Fri, 21 May 2021 10:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/712/212814.html US President Joe Biden's administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, three years after former President Donald Trump withdrew over what his administration called bias against Israel and a lack of reform. 1-212814 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/703/211827.html It was touted locally as one of the biggest campaigns of the decade when, in 2016, Kenyan environmentalist Phyllis Omido took up the fight against lead poisoning by a lead-acid batteries recycling smelter in Owino Uhuru slum, in the coastal city Mombasa. 1-211827 Thu, 31 Dec 2020 06:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Human Rights Law Kenya