Five Kenyans make torture claim against UK

FIVE ELDERLY Kenyans detained and allegedly tortured during the Mau Mau independence uprising more than 50 years ago are to issue…

FIVE ELDERLY Kenyans detained and allegedly tortured during the Mau Mau independence uprising more than 50 years ago are to issue a reparations claim against the British government in London next month.

Yesterday, the Mau Mau War Veterans’ Association and the Kenya Human Rights Commission said that three men and two women, all in their 70s or 80s, would be the lead claimants in a case to be lodged at the high court on June 23rd. If they are successful, thousands of other people imprisoned and abused during the 1950s and early 1960s could be added to a potentially huge class action suit.

More than 150,000 Kenyans were held in appalling conditions in detention camps during the uprising against the British colonial administration, according to recent studies.

Tens of thousands of people were killed or died of disease or starvation, while torture of prisoners was routine and brutal. – ( Guardianservice)