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    This document summarizes a seminar discussing redress for Kenyan victims of torture during the colonial era. It describes how in 2008, Leigh Day filed a claim against the British government on behalf of five elderly Kenyans for alleged torture during the Mau Mau uprising. These claims were intended as test cases, hoping to achieve compensation for the wider community of victims. In 2012, the British government agreed to a landmark settlement compensating those who brought the case as well as an additional 5,000 clients who also suffered acts of torture. In 2013, the British Foreign Secretary expressed "sincere regret" for the abuses and announced that the UK government would finance the construction of a memorial in Kenya for all victims

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    This document summarizes a seminar discussing redress for Kenyan victims of torture during the colonial era. It describes how in 2008, Leigh Day filed a claim against the British government on behalf of five elderly Kenyans for alleged torture during the Mau Mau uprising. These claims were intended as test cases, hoping to achieve compensation for the wider community of victims. In 2012, the British government agreed to a landmark settlement compensating those who brought the case as well as an additional 5,000 clients who also suffered acts of torture. In 2013, the British Foreign Secretary expressed "sincere regret" for the abuses and announced that the UK government would finance the construction of a memorial in Kenya for all victims

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    Mau Mau Case - ETJN Poster

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    This document summarizes a seminar discussing redress for Kenyan victims of torture during the colonial era. It describes how in 2008, Leigh Day filed a claim against the British government on behalf of five elderly Kenyans for alleged torture during the Mau Mau uprising. These claims were intended as test cases, hoping to achieve compensation for the wider community of victims. In 2012, the British government agreed to a landmark settlement compensating those who brought the case as well as an additional 5,000 clients who also suffered acts of torture. In 2013, the British Foreign Secretary expressed "sincere regret" for the abuses and announced that the UK government would finance the construction of a memorial in Kenya for all victims

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    THE MAU MAU CASE: REDRESS FOR KENYAN VICTIMS OF COLONIAL ERA TORTURE 7 March 2014 3-5pm Ivor

    Crewe Lecture Hall Seminar Room Spea er!" Daniel Leader# Gill Surfleet $ Lei%h &a' ( Co Commentator!" )ro*e!!or Sa+ine Michalow! i an, &r- Clara San,oval School o* Law an, ./01# 2niver!it' o* .!!e3 Chair" )ro*e!!or Shel,on Lea,er 4.5HR6

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    7n 23r, 0une 2008# Lei%h &a' i!!ue, a claim *or compen!ation *or alle%e, torture# a%ain!t the 5riti!h 9overnment on +ehal* o* *ive el,erl' :en'an!- /he!e claim! were launche, a! te!t ca!e! an, it wa! anticipate, that# i* !ucce!!*ul# the' woul, re!ult in re,re!! *or the wi,er communit' o* :en'an victim! o* colonial era torture- In a lan,mar !ettlement the 5riti!h %overnment a%ree, to compen!ate tho!e who ha, ta en the ca!e# a! well a! a *urther 5#22; client! who al!o !u**ere, act! o* torture ,urin% the :en'an emer%enc'- In 0une 2013 the 5riti!h <orei%n Secretar'# =illiam Ha%ue# e3pre!!e, >!incere re%ret> that the!e a+u!e! ha, ta en place to the Hou!e o* Common! an, he announce, that the 5riti!h 9overnment woul, *inance the con!truction o* a memorial in :en'a to the victim! o* colonial era torture-

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