Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December,the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.This year’s theme is “Stand Up For Human Rights”.
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As the world celebrates the human rights day, Human rights organisations in Kenya want a task force formed to investigate extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
On Monday, DPP Noordin Haji and Interior CS Fred Matiang’i held a meeting at the Office of the President over the issues.
They also met officials from Muslims for Human Rights (Muhuri), International Justice Mission, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International.The meeting coincided with the International Human Rights Day that was commemorated in Mombasa.
Muhuri, InformAction, Haki Yetu, Lonamac, Manyunyu and MTY held a procession.
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Muhuri executive director Hassan Abdille said Haji and Matiang’i sought a strategy to deal with unwarranted killings and disappearance of suspects
The human rights activists said 71 people have either been killed or forced to disappear since 2017.“Thirty-four were killed and 37 disappeared,” Muhuri rapid response officer Francis Auma said.
He said Mombasa recorded the highest cases of killings at 18, followed by Tana River where five people were killed, Kwale (4), Lamu (4) and Kilifi (3).
Auma said 17 people disappeared in Tana River, followed by Mombasa (9), Lamu (6) and Kilifi (8).
“We support the work of security agencies and we won’t tire to remind them to do it within the Constitution. It is possible to do security work and also observe of human rights,” InformAction Executive Director James Shimekha said.
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— UNESCO (@UNESCO) December 10, 2018
This year, Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. It is the most translated document in the world, available in more than 500 languages.