News Source: Inter Press Service
| 5 months ago
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling for an immediate investigation of Kenyan security officials it says were sent to protect civilians in the country's northeastern Mandera district during the move to disarm the heavily militarised region in October...
News Source: Voice of America
| 5 months ago
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.
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 5 months ago
Kenyan security forces tortured hundreds of civilians and raped at least a dozen women during a three-day operation to disarm militias in the country's remote northeast last year, a right group claimed Monday. New York-based Human Rights Watch urged...
News Source: United Press International
| 5 months ago
Kenyan security forces beat and tortured residents in its Mandera districts, underscoring the pressing need for police reform, Human Rights Watch said Monday. The report, "'Bring the Gun or You'll Die': Torture, Rape, and Other Serious Human Rights...
News Source: Daily Nation
| 5 months ago
An international human rights organisation has stepped up demands for the resignation and dismissal of top security officials who sanctioned military operations in Kenya's North Eastern Province last year. The demands for the implementation of UN...
News Source: BBC
| 5 months ago
Human Rights Watch says there should be an inquiry into the "collective punishment" of civilians in Mandera. The US-based organisation said its research showed thousands of people had been tortured and women had been raped. But police spokesman Eric...
News Source: News 24
| 5 months ago
Security forces tortured scores of men and raped a dozen women in a sweep against the mainly ethnic Somali population of remote north-east Kenya intended to disarm militias, a rights group said on Monday. The accusation by United States-based Human...