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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:22 PM

Published 06/29/2009 by VOA News


New Torture Allegations Against Kenyan Security

A human-rights group is bringing fresh allegations of torture by Kenya's security forces. In a new report, Human Rights Watch says hundreds of civilians were tortured or beaten during a government security operation to disarm militants last year.

Human Rights Watch is calling for the Kenyan government to set up an...

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...is troubling. "This is not anywhere near the first time that abusive security forces have engaged in this kind of misconduct" Roth said...
New Torture Allegations Against Kenyan Security [VOA News - 06/29/2009]
...Roth said. "Increasingly it appears to us that the security forces have become a law unto themselves. That they stand above the rule of law that supposedly governs here in Kenya." Kenya's police have...
New Torture Allegations Against Kenyan Security [VOA News - 06/29/2009]
...a few bad apples. "This was clearly an operation directed from above. And the torture that we described in this report was systematic and widespread, so much so that we believe there is a good case to be made that crimes against humanity were committed" said Roth...
New Torture Allegations Against Kenyan Security [VOA News - 06/29/2009]

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