British Mau Mau abuse papers revealed
The first series of documents have been released by the High Court in the legal challenge by Kenyans for abuses and torture more than 50 years ago.
The documents give further details of what ministers in London knew about how the colony was attempting to crush the rebellion that paved the way to independence.
The papers - the first of more than 17,000 pages - contain reports of British officers implicated in atrocities including the murder of suspected Mau Mau rebels.
One document sent to a cabinet minister says an officer was involved in burning alive a suspect held at a detention and interrogation camp.
Others detail the shock of a senior police commander sent from London to investigate.
Many of the documents released by the High Court on Monday evening were only recently found at the Foreign Office's own archives after years of investigations by academics....
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The documents give further details of what ministers in London knew about how the colony was attempting to crush the rebellion that paved the way to independence.
The papers - the first of more than 17,000 pages - contain reports of British officers implicated in atrocities including the murder of suspected Mau Mau rebels.
One document sent to a cabinet minister says an officer was involved in burning alive a suspect held at a detention and interrogation camp.
Others detail the shock of a senior police commander sent from London to investigate.
Many of the documents released by the High Court on Monday evening were only recently found at the Foreign Office's own archives after years of investigations by academics....