Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Kenyan Governmnet Beats Hasty retreat on Alston report

Kenya's government has clearly beat a hasty retreat in their rejection of the Alston report which indictes the government of presiding over a wave of extra judicial executions and systematic violation of human rights. In thier presentation before the UN Council on Human rights in Geneva, the Kenyan government delegation acknolwedged the existence of numerous cases of extra judicial executions and enormous challeges in the countries criminal justice system occasioning the numerous human rights violations. Proffessor Phillip Alston who made his presentation beofre the Kenyan government delagation did accused the government of lacking the will to resolve the issues raised and that a majority of the government's top officials were keen to sustain the status quo.

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