human rights defender
Frederick Odhiambo Ojiro
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
He is fearful of his safety and would wish to be given support to be able to relocate for a while
HRD's year of birth
1990
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Fight against corruption
- Fight against impunity
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
Released
HRD's bio and work
Ojiro is a human rights defender and social justice activist, well-known for his role as a Rapid Response Human rights activist who frequently advocates for victims of police brutality, missing protesters, and democratic reform.
Detained since
Jun 25, 2026
Date of release
Jun 27, 2026
Sentence
Was never sentenced. He was arrested, never presented in Court but held incommunicado for over 48 hours and was released by being dumped at a random place within Nairobi county.
Latitude: -1.3351757442660273
Longitude: 36.82617187500001
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa
Location of detention - City/Town
Nairobi
Location of detention - Facility
Unknown location
Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
He was severely beaten and sustained multiple soft tissue injuries.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1990
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Fight against corruption
- Fight against impunity
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Ojiro is a human rights defender and social justice activist, well-known for his role as a Rapid Response Human rights activist who frequently advocates for victims of police brutality, missing protesters, and democratic reform.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Nairobi
- Location of detention - Facility
- Unknown location
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: -1.3351757442660273
Longitude: 36.82617187500001
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jun 25, 2026
- Current Status
- Released
- Date of release
- Jun 27, 2026
- Sentence
Was never sentenced. He was arrested, never presented in Court but held incommunicado for over 48 hours and was released by being dumped at a random place within Nairobi county.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
He was severely beaten and sustained multiple soft tissue injuries.
- Urgent support needed
He is fearful of his safety and would wish to be given support to be able to relocate for a while
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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