Kenya's constitutional court has ordered the government to pay torture survivors nearly $500,000 in what human rights campaigners consider a land-mark ruling. During the reign of Daniel Arap Moi, the president during the 1980s, secret police kept at least 21 people in a torture chamber for weeks. Human rights defenders believe the ruling opens the door for more claims against the government. Andrew Simmons reports from Nairobi. Related articles by Zemanta Kenya torture victims compensated (bbc.co.uk)
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