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01.24.19 - In Kenya, abortion is allowed
only when the life and health of the mother is at risk or in when a trained
medical professional believes the situation to be an emergency…
11.30.18 - NAIROBI (PRESS RELEASE) The Center for Reproductive Rights and co-counsel Sofia Rajab-Leteipan of Leteipan & Associates Advocates have today filed a case at the High Court, Nairobi, against Kenyan government officials…
03.22.18 - (PRESS RELEASE) A pregnant woman who was unlawfully physically and verbally abused by hospital staff and deliberately left to deliver on the floor, today won a landmark case at the Bungoma High Court made possible with the support of the Center for Reproductive Rights…
11.01.17 - In the aftermath of the chaotic presidential election results in Kenya in early August and again in October, more than 50 accounts of rape and sexual violence have been identified throughout Kenya—including gang rape and beatings by members of security forces and militia groups…
10.19.17 - (PRESS RELEASE) Today the Court of Appeal of Kenya acquitted Jackson Tali, a registered nurse who was arrested and sentenced to death on murder charges.…
05.30.17 - On September 17, 2015, the High Court of Kenya issued a groundbreaking judgment in the case of Millicent Awuor (Maimuna) & Margaret Anyoso Oliele v. Attorney General and others, Constitutional Petition No. 562 of 2012…
03.10.16 - (PRESS
RELEASE) Child
marriage, forced pregnancy testing in schools, abuse of women seeking maternal
health services and restrictive abortion laws can amount to torture or
ill-treatment and must be eradicated, according to a
02.18.16 - (PRESS
RELEASE)
The government of Kenya should decriminalize abortion in all circumstances and
ensure adolescents have access to the full range of sexual and reproductive
health information and services, according to the United Nations Committee on
the Rights of the Child (U.N. CRC)…