Citizens Call for Consultation After Assassinations

Submitted by AA Kenya on Sun, 15/03/2009 - 04:25
Citizens Call for Consultation After Assassinations - Following the assassinations of two human rights activists and a student earlier this month, Kenyan citizens and civil society organisations have called for the government to reiterate publicly its commitments to ending violence, disarming and demobilising armed groups and militias, and restoring fundamental rights and freedoms. In an open letter and an 11-point demand to the president and prime minister, signatories highlighted the government's non-implementation of these commitments, demanding, among other actions, an independent investigation into the assassinations. [All Africa : Kenya]