Monday, January 28, 2008
Weekend violence claims 90 lives
Thirty more people were feared dead, bringing the toll of the weekend bloodletting to almost 90 as the epicentre of the violence shifted to Naivasha, 70km from the capital, Nairobi. And in a chilling episode, at least 16 people — most of them women and children — were burnt to death in a house torched by attackers in Naivasha.
Human Rights’ officials threatened
Human rights’ officials fear for their lives following a report released by an international group on post-election violence. The Human Rights Watch report accuses opposition leaders in the Rift Valley of planning skirmishes in the province. Eldoret human rights organisations said the report was being linked to them yet they did not participate in its preparation. Led by the Executive Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (CHRD), Mr Ken Wafula, the officials said their lives were in now danger. “We are accused of feeding Human Rights Watch with information that led to the compilation of the report,” Wafula told the Press in Eldoret.
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Human rights’ officials fear for their lives following a report released by an international group on post-election violence. The Human Rights Watch report accuses opposition leaders in the Rift Valley of planning skirmishes in the province. Eldoret human rights organisations said the report was being linked to them yet they did not participate in its preparation. Led by the Executive Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (CHRD), Mr Ken Wafula, the officials said their lives were in now danger. “We are accused of feeding Human Rights Watch with information that led to the compilation of the report,” Wafula told the Press in Eldoret.
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