Who is Maina Kiai? Know Maina Kiai Wife, Family and More

Who is Maina Kiai - Maina Kiai is a lawyer and human rights activist from Kenya and many of you might be interested to know about biograpghy of Maina Kiai. He served as the Chairman of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. Here is the article, which tells about Who is Maina Kiai. 

by C Hariharan

Updated Sep 03, 2022

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Who is Maina Kiai? Know Maina Kiai Wife, Family and More
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Who Is Maina Kiai?

Maina Kiai is a lawyer and human rights activist from Kenya. He has earlier served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association from 1st May 2011, to 30th April 2017.  Since 2018, he has been the head of the Human Rights Watch's Alliances and Partnerships program. Maina Kiai is the co-founder of the local Kenyan NGO InformAction, which uses a multimedia approach, that aims to educate the citizens of Kenyans about their basic human rights.

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Maina Kiai Wife 

We are unable to find the age of Maina Kiai. Maina Kiai is more active in human rights work in Kenya, where he has cocentrated on supporting political reform, combating corruption,and fighting against impunity after the post-election violence in Kenya in 2008. Kiai's famous human rights work began in 1992, when he became the co-founder of the unofficial Kenya Human Rights Commission. He was the Commission's executive director till September 1998.   

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Maina Kiai Family

Maina Kiai went to become Director of Amnesty International's Africa Program and the Africa Director of the International Human Rights Law Group prior to serving as Chairman of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission from the year 2003 to 2008. In the period between July 2010 to April 2011, Kiai has been the Executive Director of the International Council on Human Rights Policy. He has had research fellowships at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. 

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Former Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai

Maina Kiai has been the research fellowships at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, the TransAfrica Forum and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. In 2014 Kiai won its Freedom Award, from , Freedom House. It was an acknowledgment that began in 1943. The other Freedom Award honorees include Aung San Suu Kyi, Vaclav Havel, Chen Guangcheng,edgar Evers,the 14th Dalai Lama, M and Edward R. Murrow.

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Who Is Maina Kiai - FAQs

1. Who is Maina Kiai?

Maina Kiai is a lawyer and human rights activist from Kenya.

2. What is the age of Maina Kai?

We are unable to find out the age of Maina Kai.

3. When did Maina Kiai won the Freedom Award?

In 2014 Kiai won its Freedom Award, from , Freedom House.

4. Name some of the Freedom Award Winners.

The other Freedom Award honorees include Aung San Suu Kyi, Vaclav Havel, Chen Guangcheng,edgar Evers,the 14th Dalai Lama, M and Edward R. Murrow.

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