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Kenyan truth panel urges president to apologise for abuses

Agence France-PresseMay 22, 2013 06:30

Kenya's reconciliation commission has said the president, security forces and judiciary should publicly apologise for past abuses going back 50 years, its final report seen Wednesday said. Set up after bloody post-election violence in 2007-08, Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) handed over its weighty four-volume report -- containing tens of thousands of testimonies gathered over four years detailing rights abuses the abuse of rights in the country -- to President Uhuru Kenyatta late Tuesday.

Kenya 'fine' about Obama avoiding it on Africa trip

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 07:16

Kenya said Tuesday it was "fine" with US President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its leaders. Obama will leave on a first African tour in late June, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary bypasses Kenya, where his father was born. "America, just like Kenya, is an independent country and its president has the democratic right to visit wherever he wants," Kenyan government spokesman Muthui Kariuki told AFP.

CORRECTED: Kenya's deputy leader pledges commitment to ICC trial

Agence France-PresseMay 14, 2013 18:30

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto pledged his country's continued cooperation with the International Criminal Court on Tuesday where he and President Uhuru Kenyatta face crimes against humanity trials, but maintained he was a "victim of a conspiracy of lies". "The new (Kenyan) administration, popularly elected in free and fair elections, will continue to cooperate with the court," Ruto told the tribunal based in The Hague, where he and another co-accused Joshua arap Sang, appeared at a hearing to discuss progress ahead of their trial.

Kenya asks UN to drop ICC charges for Kenyatta, Ruto

Agence France-PresseMay 12, 2013 13:00

Kenya has written to the UN Security Council pleading to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his vice president William Ruto, according to documents seen Thursday. "What this delegation is asking for is not deferral," Kenya's ambassador to the UN, Macharia Kamau, wrote in a letter to the Council seen by AFP. "What this delegation is asking for is for the immediate termination of the case at The Hague." pjm/dw/boc

Kenya asks UN to drop ICC charges for Kenyatta, Ruto

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 12:16

Kenya has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President William Ruto, according to a letter seen Thursday. Kenyatta, 51, voted into power in March elections, is to go on trial in July at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for crimes against humanity relating to post-election violence in 2007-08. Ruto, 46, faces three counts of crimes against humanity for his role in deadly violence.

Kenya asks UN to drop ICC charges for Kenyatta, Ruto

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 12:15

Kenyan leader, charged by ICC, invited to Somalia meeting in London

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 10:47

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, is expected to visit London at Britain's invitation next week for a conference on Somalia. It will be his first trip to a Western capital since his election in March. Britain and other countries said before his victory it would only have "essential contacts" with him if he won because of the court case.

Global court delays trial of Kenyan deputy president

Thomson ReutersMay 7, 2013 10:30

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) postponed the trial of Kenyan deputy president William Ruto on charges of crimes against humanity on Monday saying it wanted to hold further hearings with the prosecution and the defense. Ruto was due to face the Hague-based court on May 28 over accusations he helped orchestrate tribal violence that broke out after disputed elections in 2007 and killed more than 1,200 people - charges he denies.

ICC-indicted Kenyatta to make official visit to London

Agence France-PresseMay 5, 2013 09:45

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces international trial for crimes against humanity, will travel to London on Sunday for a three-day official visit, the presidency said. Kenyatta, who will be making his first trip outside Africa as leader, will attend a conference on Somalia in London on Tuesday, but will "also hold bilateral meetings" with British Prime Minister David Cameron, an official Kenyan statement read.

ICC-indicted Kenyatta invited to London

Agence France-PresseMay 3, 2013 12:05

Britain has invited Kenya's new president to London next week in what will be the first trip outside Africa for the leader who is facing an international trial for crimes against humanity, officials said Friday. The invitation for Uhuru Kenyatta to attend a conference on Somalia in London on Tuesday -- co-hosted by both Britain and Somalia -- marks a notable shift in attitude by Britain. London, like the rest of the European Union and other Western powers, has a policy of only "essential contact" with anyone charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC).