Kenya: Further Information: unacknowledged detention / legal concern / torture / health concern: S W Mwangi, Charles Kuria Wamwere, James Maigwa, Kiguru Ng’ang’a, Thomas Njoroge, Stephen Maina

Dr S W Mwangi was charged with sedition and possession of explosives on 23 November 1993 and released on bail. Peter Kariuki, David Kuria, Zachariah Kamau and James Maina Kabuthia have been released without charge. Charles Kuria Wamwere is held in Nakuru Police Station, apparently still incommunicado; the whereabouts of James Maigwa are still not known. Njunga Njui was arrested on 22 November in Nakuru and has not yet been charged. David Njenga Ngugi was reported in court on 17 November to have suffered torture: the court ordered that he and those charged with him should receive medical attention.

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