Kenya: Military Action Against Sabaot Land Defence Force in Mount Elgon Involves Serious Rights Violations Against Civilians

Publisher:
World Orgnization Against Torture
Publication Date:
6 June 2008
Tags:
Kenya, Conflict, Peace and Security, Human Rights, Arms and Military Affairs

The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has received information from the Kenyan Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Kenya, members of the SOS Torture Network, concerning ongoing torture and extrajudicial killings by the Kenyan Army and Police in the Mount Elgon District in the Western Province of the country.

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