"NAIROBI (Reuters) - A group of Kenyans filed a case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday over what it said was colonial-era land theft, torture and mistreatment.
The Kenyans are seeking an investigation and redress for crimes they say were committed in western Kenya's Kericho region, now one of the most important in the world for tea production.
"The UK Government has ducked and dived, and sadly avoided every possible avenue of redress. We have no choice but to proceed to court for our clients so that history can be righted," said lawyer Joel Kimutai Bosek, who is representing the group.
Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It would be up to the court to quantify how much redress could be owed to victims, the legal team said.
British redress for colonial-era crimes is rare but not unheard of. In 2013, Britain agreed on a multi-million dollar compensation settlement for Kenyans tortured by colonial forces during an uprising at the tail end of the British Empire.
The United Nations has said more than half a million Kenyans from the Kericho area suffered gross violations of human rights including unlawful killings and displacement during British colonial rule, which ended in 1963.
Many continue to suffer economic consequences from the theft of their land, the United Nations has said, even as that same land has become profitable for multinational companies.
"Today, some of the world's most prosperous tea companies, like Unilever, Williamson Tea, Finlay's and Lipton, occupy and farm these lands and continue to use them to generate considerable profits," the plaintiffs said in a statement.
Unilever, Williamson Tea, Finlay's and Lipton did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Kenya is the world's leading exporter of black tea by quantity, according to the International Trade Centre."
On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 1:09:54 AM UTC+8, ltlee1 wrote:theft of lands and colonial crimes.
"NAIROBI (Reuters) - A group of Kenyans filed a case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday over what it said was colonial-era land theft, torture and mistreatment.
The Kenyans are seeking an investigation and redress for crimes they say were committed in western Kenya's Kericho region, now one of the most important in the world for tea production.
"The UK Government has ducked and dived, and sadly avoided every possible avenue of redress. We have no choice but to proceed to court for our clients so that history can be righted," said lawyer Joel Kimutai Bosek, who is representing the group.
Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It would be up to the court to quantify how much redress could be owed to victims, the legal team said.
British redress for colonial-era crimes is rare but not unheard of. In 2013, Britain agreed on a multi-million dollar compensation settlement for Kenyans tortured by colonial forces during an uprising at the tail end of the British Empire.
The United Nations has said more than half a million Kenyans from the Kericho area suffered gross violations of human rights including unlawful killings and displacement during British colonial rule, which ended in 1963.
Many continue to suffer economic consequences from the theft of their land, the United Nations has said, even as that same land has become profitable for multinational companies.
"Today, some of the world's most prosperous tea companies, like Unilever, Williamson Tea, Finlay's and Lipton, occupy and farm these lands and continue to use them to generate considerable profits," the plaintiffs said in a statement.
Unilever, Williamson Tea, Finlay's and Lipton did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Kenya is the world's leading exporter of black tea by quantity, according to the International Trade Centre."It has been some years of waiting since 2013 of Britain agreeing to compensate the Kenyan government and people of Kenya. It goes to show how power behind these Western people think of them, even after they agreeing to compensate them to redress their
Kenya should sign an executive order like what Donald Trump did to foreign companies in US to force sale of assets to US companies within 60 days of executive order.Kenya country.
Hence, Kenyan government should do likewise by signing executive order or by passing parliamentary statutory law on that so that they can retrieve all their lands to the government of people in Kenya.
British owners of tea plantations in Kenya shall have 60 days to sell their assets to Kenya government appointed Kenyan companies or Kenya government-owned companies within 60 days of order by law or else will have them expelled to exit out of their
On Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 12:54:40 AM UTC-4, stoney wrote:their theft of lands and colonial crimes.
On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 1:09:54 AM UTC+8, ltlee1 wrote:
"NAIROBI (Reuters) - A group of Kenyans filed a case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday over what it said was colonial-era land theft, torture and mistreatment.
The Kenyans are seeking an investigation and redress for crimes they say were committed in western Kenya's Kericho region, now one of the most important in the world for tea production.
"The UK Government has ducked and dived, and sadly avoided every possible avenue of redress. We have no choice but to proceed to court for our clients so that history can be righted," said lawyer Joel Kimutai Bosek, who is representing the group.
Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It would be up to the court to quantify how much redress could be owed to victims, the legal team said.
British redress for colonial-era crimes is rare but not unheard of. In 2013, Britain agreed on a multi-million dollar compensation settlement for Kenyans tortured by colonial forces during an uprising at the tail end of the British Empire.
The United Nations has said more than half a million Kenyans from the Kericho area suffered gross violations of human rights including unlawful killings and displacement during British colonial rule, which ended in 1963.
Many continue to suffer economic consequences from the theft of their land, the United Nations has said, even as that same land has become profitable for multinational companies.
"Today, some of the world's most prosperous tea companies, like Unilever, Williamson Tea, Finlay's and Lipton, occupy and farm these lands and continue to use them to generate considerable profits," the plaintiffs said in a statement.
Unilever, Williamson Tea, Finlay's and Lipton did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Kenya is the world's leading exporter of black tea by quantity, according to the International Trade Centre."It has been some years of waiting since 2013 of Britain agreeing to compensate the Kenyan government and people of Kenya. It goes to show how power behind these Western people think of them, even after they agreeing to compensate them to redress
Kenya country.Kenya should sign an executive order like what Donald Trump did to foreign companies in US to force sale of assets to US companies within 60 days of executive order.
Hence, Kenyan government should do likewise by signing executive order or by passing parliamentary statutory law on that so that they can retrieve all their lands to the government of people in Kenya.
British owners of tea plantations in Kenya shall have 60 days to sell their assets to Kenya government appointed Kenyan companies or Kenya government-owned companies within 60 days of order by law or else will have them expelled to exit out of their
But Kenya is not the US. Iran's 1953 democratic government was regime changed for doing that.reserves.[12] Upon the AIOC's refusal to co-operate with the Iranian government, the parliament (Majlis) voted to nationalize Iran's oil industry and to expel foreign corporate representatives from the country.[13][14][15] After this vote, Britain
"Mosaddegh had sought to audit the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), a British corporation (now part of BP), in order to verify that AIOC was paying the contracted royalties to Iran, and to limit the company's control over Iranian oil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
Might made right. Will it be the same today?
But Kenya is not the US. Iran's 1953 democratic government was regime changed for doing that.reserves.[12] Upon the AIOC's refusal to co-operate with the Iranian government, the parliament (Majlis) voted to nationalize Iran's oil industry and to expel foreign corporate representatives from the country.[13][14][15] After this vote, Britain
"Mosaddegh had sought to audit the documents of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC), a British corporation (now part of BP), in order to verify that AIOC was paying the contracted royalties to Iran, and to limit the company's control over Iranian oil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
Might made right. Will it be the same today?
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