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Aged Kenyans sue Britain over colonial-era torture
Reuters – Three elderly Kenyans who accuse British colonial forces of torturing them in the 1950s took their battle for damages to London’s High Court on Monday in a case that has exposed dark secrets from the dying days of empire. The British government has tried for three years to stop the legal action for fear that it could encourage similar claims from Kenya and other former colonies. But a court last year gave the impoverished Kenyans the green light to pursue their claim. Read Article
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