KENYA:WITNESSES OF ELECTION VIOLENCE THREATENED
Jan 7th, 2010 by admin
Witnesses testifying to a government commission investigating the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya have reportedly been threatened and attacked. A BBC report published yesterday uncovered several local reports of intimidation. Some witnesses have reportedly been beaten and received death threats by text messages. They have been giving evidence to the Waki Commission, set up by the Kenyan government to investigate the violence. The International Criminal Court has vowed to prosecute the main perpetrators, but has yet to name any suspects. The violence that followed the national elections in Kenya in December 2007 killed 1,300 people and displaced a further 300,000.
