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Kenya: Human Rights

Commons · Question 17214 · Tabled 2 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Alex Sobel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent (a) meetings or (b) other discussions with human rights NGOs on reports of human rights abuses in Kenya following protests in that country.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 10 Dec 2024

The British High Commission Nairobi regularly engages with human rights organisations in Kenya. In November 2024, the High Commissioner attended the 2024 UN Human Rights Defenders Awards alongside the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Kenya and...