* Blogmanac | UK Forces - Kenya - Institutional acquiescence in rape?
Six hundred and fifty allegations of rape have so far been made against members of the UK army posted to Kenya for training over a period of more than 30 years, Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International said yesterday.

"The fact that so many rape claims over such a long period of time were neither investigated nor prosecuted shows a systemic failure of the UK army and may amount to institutional acquiescence which encouraged a pattern of grave human rights violations by members of the UK army."

Amnesty International has received information that UK Army officials in Kenya may have become aware of some of the rape allegations as early as 1977. Speaking at the launch of a new report "United Kingdom: Decades of impunity: Serious allegations of rape of Kenyan women by UK Army Personnel", Irene Khan called on the UK government to establish without delay an independent and impartial commission of inquiry.

Details of cases are available here in the report

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