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Kenya Supreme Court invalidates recent presidential election results
Kenya's Supreme Court ruled 4-2 Friday to invalidate the recent presidential election. President Uhuru Kenyatta was reelected after winning 54 percent of the votes in the recent election, which was held on August 8. The petition , filed on August 1 (More) |
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Kenya electoral commission fails to offer opposition server access
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission allegedly failed to follow a Supreme Court order on Tuesday requiring the electoral commission to grant the opposition computer access to verify controversial election results. According to Ra (More) |
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HRW urges Kenya to investigate human rights violations
Since the Kenyan presidential election on August 8, more than 12 people have been killed and more than 100 have been badly injured due to serious human rights violations , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday. Following the announcement of Uhuru (More) |
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Kenya top court orders election commission to give opposition access to vote count
Kenya Supreme Court ordered the election commission on Monday to allow Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA) and Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party limited access to its computer servers and electronic devices to assess the vote-count for themsel (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Kenya leaders to avoid post-election violence
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on Kenyan leaders Tuesday to "take the responsible path and exercise their leadership to avoid violence" in the wake of last week's contentious election. Deadly protests erupted ove (More) |
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Kenya president's controversial reelection triggers deadly protest
According to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights , a protest in opposition of the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta for a second five-year term has resulted in at least 24 people dead on Saturday. Kenya police used live ammunition and (More) |
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Rights group urges investigation into Kenya police investigative practices
Privacy International , a rights group devoted to promoting and protecting the privacy rights of individuals worldwide released a report on Wednesday documenting serious human rights abuses such as torture, extrajudicial killings and disappearances (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Kenya to cease crackdowns on rights groups
A group of UN human rights experts urged Kenya on Tuesday to stop crackdowns on human rights groups to protect the integrity of the August elections. The experts warned the crackdown on the rights groups could delegitimize the election process and po (More) |
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Kenya judge sentences leaders of doctors' union to prison
A judge in Kenya has sentenced the leaders of the doctors' union to one month in prison over an ongoing strike.. The strike, which was started by the union over pay and service conditions, has continued since December. Judge Hellen Wasilwa had initi (More) |
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Kenya court orders doctors to end strike
A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered doctors to end a strike or risk being sent to jail. The union protest has lasted for more than six weeks and has sent the hospital system into a crisis . Justice Helen Wasilwa had declared the strike illegal, but t (More) |
World court established at The Hague
On December 13, 1920, the League of Nations Assembly, sitting in Geneva, approved the statute setting up the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague.
Learn more about the Permanent Court of International Justice. Visit the website of the Permanent Court's successor body, the International Court of Justice.
