Kenya: New Report Accuses State Security of Torture in Mt Elgon

Posted to the web 1 September 2008 Nairobi Security forces sent to Mt Elgon in western Kenya to crush a rebel group committed serious human rights violations against the innocent people they were meant to protect, a new report says. The Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU), a Kenyan NGO fighting against torture, says in an investigative report released Thursday that it found credible evidence of systematic... [read full story]