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Kenya rights activist killings to be probed by FBI
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga [official profile, BBC profile] announced Monday that US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents from the US Embassy in Nairobi will assist in investigating the killing of two human rights activists last we (More) |
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Deadline for Kenya election violence tribunal extended: PM
Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga said Tuesday that the country has been granted two additional months to form a special tribunal to hear cases surrounding Kenya's 2007 post-election violence . Odinga said that Koffi Annan , who facilitated t (More) |
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Kenya PM still pursuing election tribunal after rejection by parliament
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday maintained that the government was determined to form a local tribunal to address the December 2007 post-election violence , despite a defeat in the Kenyan Parliament last week. Odinga said he had d (More) |
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Kenya parliament rejects bills establishing election tribunal
The Kenyan Parliament rejected Thursday two bills that would have established a special national tribunal to deal with cases stemming from the December 2007 post-election violence . The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2009 and the Special (More) |
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Kenya delays vote on special tribunal following bribery allegations
The Kenyan Parliament on Tuesday delayed voting on a constitutional amendment that would create a special tribunal for the country, following allegations by MP Gitobu Imanyara that government officials tried to bribe or blackmail MPs into voting f (More) |
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Kenya leaders back creation of election violence tribunal
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and political rival Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday announced legislation establishing a commission tasked with investigating the political and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed December 2007 (More) |
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Kenya moves to replace controversial electoral commission
The Kenyan government on Friday published a bill calling for a constitutional amendment allowing the replacement of the controversial Electoral Commission of Kenya which oversaw the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki in December 2007, leading to (More) |
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Kenya election violence commission urges creation of international tribunal
A commission established to investigate the political and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed December 2007 presidential election released a report on Wednesday recommending the establishment of an international tribunal to try sus (More) |
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Kenya rights group accuses military of torture during rebel crackdown
Kenyan military forces tortured over 4,000 suspected rebels in a recent crackdown against the Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF), according to a report released Monday by human rights group Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) . The group accused sold (More) |
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UN rights report urges Kenya against amnesty for human rights violators
Kenya should not grant amnesty to anyone who committed human rights violations in the wake of December's disputed presidential election , according to a report [PDF text; press release] issued Wednesday by the Office of the UN High Commissioner (More) |
Congress passed Roosevelt's New Deal legislation
On June 16, 1935, Congress passed President Roosevelt's "New Deal" legislation to start a recovery program from Great Depression.
Learn more about FDR and the New Deal from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
