Tortured Mau Mau tribes people seek compensation against British Government

Six Mau Mau tribespeople who say they were tortured as they fought against colonial rule in Kenya fifty years ago have launched, what their lawyers say, is the first such claim for colonial-era compensation against the British government. They're seeking up to 100 thousand pounds each. At the time of the Mau Mau uprising, the British government had the guerilla war reported as a civil conflict between native Kenyans. These Mau Mau were put on trial after an incident in which 70 people were hacked to death in the loyalist village of Lari. But despite widely reported Mau Mau atrocities at the time, recently uncovered government memos have exposed shocking levels of systematic torture that were used against guerillas by the British.

ITN Source | October 11, 2006

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