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UK court rules Kenyan torture victims can sue

October 5, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Day suggested that victims of torture in other corners of the British empire would be looking at the judgment "with great care."

Around 90,000 Kenyans were executed, tortured or maimed during the crackdown against the Mau Mau, the Kenya Human Rights Commission has said.

Among those detained was President Barack Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama.

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Associated Press reporters Andrew Meldrum in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Tom Odula in Nairobi, Kenya contributed to this report.

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