Papers on UK abusing Kenyans released
London High Court has released documents confirming horrific torture and abuse of revolutionary Kenyans by the British soldiers during the 1950s and '60s.
Four Kenyans, all in their eighties, claim that they were tortured during the 1950s Mau Mau uprising and suffered “unspeakable acts of brutality, including castrations and severe sexual assaults.” The documents show how British officers burned Kenyans alive. They also reveal how the officials had told the ministers in 1953 that "if therefore we are going to sin, we must sin quietly."
Some of the documents such as reports by the then Police Commissioner of Kenya Colonel Arthur Young who describes slaughtering in detention camps have been posted online. "In the majority of cases the death has been caused by willful violence and ill treatment on the part of staff, which classifies the matter as murder," he wrote.