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Supporting Safety of Journalists in Kenya: An Assessment Based on UNESCO’s Journalists’ Safety Indicators

Paris: UNESCO (2016), 106 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 91-92

ISBN 978-92-3-100153-6

CC BY-SA

Institution of author: University of Nairobi

"The study finds that Kenyan journalists face serious challenges in the course of their work. Further, both State and non-State actors have contributed to a deteriorating climate for journalists. The number of threats, incidents of harassment and intimidation as well as legal and personal attacks, has grown within the period under study." (Executive summary)
Category A: Overview of the situation of journalists’ safety in Kenya, 23
Category B: The roles and response of State and political actors, 33
Category C: The roles and response of civil society organisations and academia, 51
Category D: The roles and response of media actors and intermediaries, 61
Category E: The roles and response of the UN system and other extra-national actors with presence within the country, 75