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Access Now brief: how African countries can shape cybercrime laws that protect rights
We analyze draft laws in four countries, providing guidance to help legislators protect human rights.…
21 December 2016
Tag: Kenya
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Kenya: draft laws for the internet need redrafting
A set of draft laws in threatens privacy and free expression in Kenya. They should be redrafted to accord with international human rights law.…
13 June 2016
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Kenya’s KICA ruling: a beacon of hope for free expression in Africa
Kenya can either embrace the recent KICA ruling and lead the way for free expression in Africa, or fight it and further erode its reputation for protecting expression.…
9 May 2016
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Legal battle in Kenya set to determine country’s surveillance future
The High Court of Kenya has temporarily suspended the implementation of eight clauses of the Security Laws (Amendment) Act of 2014, which restricts the exercise of human rights in Kenya. Access applauds the High Court’s decision in suspending these parts of the law law and urges the Court to thoroughly consider the entire law’s human rights impact in its ultimate assessment. …
7 January 2015
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Ignoring Protests, Kenya Parliament Approves Dangerous National Security Law
The parliament in Kenya approved a dangerous new national security law yesterday. …
19 December 2014
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Kenya, the next surveillance state?
a new bill is up for a vote that could drastically affect the human rights of Kenyans…
17 December 2014
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Surveillance in a legal vacuum: Kenya considers massive new spying system
Without warning, Kenyans learned last month that Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecoms operator, had contracted with the government to provide a new communications and street-level surveillance system. The new system integrates 2,000 video surveillance cameras, video conferencing, digital radios, and a mapping system into a central command center. Worryingly, this contract likely entails many forms of street-level surveillance including license plate readers, facial recognition technology, and real-time tracking across major cities like Nairobi and Mombasa.…
13 June 2014