Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki

Lynne Mūthoni Wanyeki (born 1972) is a Kenyan political scientist, human rights activist, journalist, and the current Regional Director of Open Society Foundation's Africa Regional Office. Wanyeki is the former Regional Director of Amnesty International's Regional Office for East Africa, the Horn, and the Great Lakes. She is also the former Executive Director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission and the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET). Wanyeki also holds an MPA (cum laude) in public affairs from L’Institut d’études politiques in Paris and is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). In Canada she also got her start in media, working with local newspapers and radio stations on issues related to immigrant and refugee women. Appointed during the political crisis in early 2008, she received death threats due to statements she had made about the elections, describing her as a traitor to the Kikuyu people. After leaving her role as executive director, Wanyeki served as a board member of the Kenya Human Rights Commission until mid-2017. As of 2011 she was a member of the International Advisory Network for the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. She is currently a member of the board of the Open Society Justice Initiative. Wanyeki has previously served as Executive Director at the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET).

In March 2018, Wanyeki was one of eight columnists who quit the Nation Media Group in protest of what they considered to be increased meddling by the Kenyan government and infringements on freedom of the press.