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10/23/2004:

"Strong evidence as Mau Mau file suit against UK"

by Patrick Mathangani
Plans by Mau Mau veterans to sue the British government for reparations have gathered momentum following the completion of the first stage of collecting evidence from former freedom fighters.

Nearly 100 former freedom fighters have recorded statements detailing a shocking catalogue of injuries, deaths and injustices meted by colonial forces in the 1950s, The Standard has established.

And excitement is building up among members of a team preparing the case, following the impending publication of the first book ever detailing the brutal torture of Mau Mau fighters by the colonial government.

The book, Imperial Reckoning – TheUntold Story of the End of the Empire in Kenya, is being hailed as a shot in the arm for the case because of the amount of torture evidence it reveals.

The bestiality of punishment detailed in the book by Harvard Professor Caroline Elkins has been compared to the infamous treatment of Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.

Full Article:eastandard.net

Abu Ghraib has set the gold standard for bestiality.