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Mau Mau victims seek compensation from UK Press AssociationThe full extent of British brutality during the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya 50 years ago has begun to emerge through government reports documenting systematic torture, starvation and even the burning alive of detainees.Four elderly Kenyans who claim they were variously whipped, beaten, sexually abu
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