Document - Press Conference Invitation: Kenya: Crackdown on "terrorism" violating human rights

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

Media Advisory

AI Index: AFR 54/031/2005 (Public) (Published with incorrect index number: Kenya should be AFR 32)

News Service No: 064

17 March 2005

PRESS CONFERENCE INVITATION

Kenya: Crackdown on "terrorism" violating human rights

Amnesty International will present a report spelling out how recent "anti-terrorism" operations in Kenya have resulted in serious human rights violations at a press conference in Nairobi on 23 March.

The report, Kenya: The impact of "anti-terrorism" operations on human rights, will identify the main human rights violations committed in the context of the investigations of attacks on civilians, including incommunicado detention, detention without charge, torture and ill-treatment and harassment of family members.

When: Wednesday 23 March 2005, 10 am local time (07:00 GMT)

Venue: Jacaranda Hotel, Westlands, Nairobi.

Who: Sheila Keetharuth, Amnesty International Kenya researcher

Cees Hindriks, Expert in Policing Issues, at Amnesty International

Netherlands Section

For more information, please contact:

Miriam Kahiga on +254 (0)7 227 82584 (Nairobi mobile)

James Dyson on +44 (0)7795628367 (London mobile)

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