{"id":1543,"date":"2011-07-24T21:23:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T21:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/24\/finally-justice-for-mau-mau-torture-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:30:39","slug":"finally-justice-for-mau-mau-torture-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/07\/24\/finally-justice-for-mau-mau-torture-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, justice for Mau Mau torture victims!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Thursday July 21, the British High Court made its first ruling in respect of the Mau Mau torture claims brought forward by initially five, now four claimants who were detained and tortured during Kenya\u2019s so-called Emergency. Justice McCoome threw out the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office\u2019s strikeout application on the grounds of state succession \u2014 essentially arguing that any liability for any torture passed to the government of Kenya at Independence \u2014 in a strongly worded judgment.
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