Rights defenders demand probe into alleged State attacks

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Plain cloth officers arrest activists along Harambee Avenue, Nairobi, during Saba Saba protests on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]

Human rights groups have demanded investigations into alleged attacks targeting civic organisations and human rights defenders.

The groups specifically condemned alleged harassment targeting The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), its Executive Director Diana Gichengo, TISA staff and members of the Okoa Uchumi Campaign.

In a joint statement, the coalition urged the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) and other investigative agencies to probe an alleged attempted raid on TISA's offices and a wider pattern of alleged coordinated attacks on civic actors, including enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, torture and assaults on civic meetings.