What did they do to piss off the West?
"Many Kenyan men flee to avoid forced circumcisions" Associated Press August 12, 2014
NAIROBI, Kenya — The circumcision season among Kenya’s Bukusu ethnic group brings a festive atmosphere: music, food and free-flowing beer.
Who knew they were Jewish?
For the uncircumcised men from other tribes in the area, however, it is not time to party, it’s time to flee.
At least 12 men from other tribes have been forcibly circumcised since the start of the circumcisions in August, according to police and local authorities. Others have sought refuge in police stations to avoid the knife.
The Bukusu ethnic group prefers traditional circumcisions using simple tools and no anesthesia. But tradition can be disastrous. A 13-year-old boy lost his penis this month after it was chopped off by a circumciser, according to local press reports quoting his parents.
Adult male members of the Turkana community living in the Bukusu-dominated town of Moi’s Bridge are the majority of the victims of the forced circumcisions, according to local administrator Moses Okumu.
A group of Turkana men wielding swords, bows, and clubs held protests last week over the forced procedures.
Michael Ngilimo said a family member was forcibly cut by a group moving house to house in search of uncircumcised men.
‘‘They pounced on my uncle and circumcised him and left him there bleeding without treatment. I spent a sleepless nights as my uncle was bleeding,’’ he said. ‘‘I woke up very early to go and look for medicine.’’
To avoid becoming victims, many other Turkana men in the area sleep in the fields and others seek refuge in the police station, he said.
The Turkana say they will fight back if the trend continues.
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Could it get any worse in Kenya?
"Kenyan police accused of abuses" Associated Press August 19, 2014
Where do they not?
NAIROBI — There is strong evidence that the Kenya Antiterror Police Unit has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, an international human rights group said Monday.
Human Rights Watch said that research conducted between November and June documented at least 10 cases of unlawful killings and 10 cases of enforced disappearances carried out by the antiterrorism police. The rights group said it also documented 11 cases of mistreatment and harassment of suspects.
Who is Human Rights Watch anyway?
No wonder they are so prominent and punctual in my paper. Just another agenda-pushing outfit.
Suspects were shot dead in public places, abducted from vehicles and courtrooms, beaten badly during arrest, detained in isolated blocks, and denied contact with their families and access to lawyers, said the report.
Gitmo.
The counterterrorism police unit receives significant support and training from the United States and the United Kingdom.
Why not learn from the best at it?
Police spokesman Masoud Mwinyi was not immediately available for comment.
The United States has not scaled down its assistance to the unit or opened an investigation into its abuses, despite credible allegations of abuse, including in the US annual human rights report on Kenya, the group said.
It's called turning a blind eye for geopolitical reasons. C'mon, get with the program!
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