Publication

Supporting safety of journalists in Kenya

An assessment based on UNESCO's Journalists' Safety Indicators
Supporting safety of journalists in Kenya
Nyabuga, George
2016

ISBN : 978-92-3-100153-6

Collation : 102 pages

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Developed following the endorsement of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity in 2013, the Journalists' Safety Indicators (JSI) pinpoint significant matters that show or impact the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity. The JSIs establish a mapping of key features that can help assess the extent to which journalists are able to carry out their work under safe conditions and determine whether adequate follow-up is given to crimes committed against them. 

This report maps threats against journalists in Kenya between August 2014 and September 2015. Divided into five key indicator categories, the report first provides an overview of the safety situation of journalists, giving in this section the safety and impunity statistics, followed by the discussion of the roles and responses of State and political actors; the roles and responses of civil society organisations (CSOs) and academia; the roles and response of media and intermediaries; and the roles and response of the UN system and other extra-national actors with a presence in the country concerning safety matters.