17/07/2012

Kenya / UK: Historical trial opened

Thanks to The Independent, it is possible to follow the Mau Mau trial where three Kenyans are asking for compensation for the suffrance they went through during Kenya's independence fight in the 1960.

Here is the first of a series of articles published by Jerome Taylor in The Independent:

In a British court after 60 years – the elderly Kenyans asking for justice at last

Empire goes on trial over historical torture claims – with many more such cases to come

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/in-a-british-court-after-60-years--the-elderly-kenyans-asking-for-justice-at-last-7946671.html



The Kenyan Human Rights Commission and Redress are the lead rights groups on this case.  

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And this afternoon, the British government has accepted that "colonial forces in Kenya tortured and abused detainees during the Mau Mau rebellion", the High Court has heard.

Three elderly Kenyan men who are suing the government for damages were told it did not dispute that "terrible things" had happened to them. Their lawyers say it is the first ever official acknowledgement by the UK.

See on the BBC's website:

Mau Mau case: UK government accepts abuse took place

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18874040 

The hearing continues.

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