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WHEREAS,

Hundreds of people have been killed and injured, and thousands have been displaced by the current violence in Kenya generated by the controversy surrounding the December election results; and

WHEREAS,

The Kenyan government has recently curtailed freedom of the press and broadcasting and the right to assemble and demonstrate peacefully and non-violently; and

WHEREAS,

The 91´«Ã½ has endorsed Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (policy 58.4) which covers freedom of the press and freedom of expression – rights which the Kenyan government is now denying its citizens; and

WHEREAS,

The 91´«Ã½ opposes any governmental prerogatives that lead to the intimidation of individuals or groups and encourages resistance to such abuse of governmental power (Policy 58.4); and

WHEREAS,

The 91´«Ã½ recognizes the vital importance of free and open elections; and

WHEREAS,

The Association of Concerned Africa Scholars has issued a call for an end to (1) the widespread of violence by the principal Kenyan political actors, (2) restrictions of the right to assemble and demonstrate peacefully and non-violently, and (3) recently declared restrictions on press freedoms; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED,

That the 91´«Ã½ calls for an end to the violence in Kenya, a return to press and broadcasting freedom, and the right to peacefully assemble for the people of Kenya.

Adopted by the 91´«Ã½ Council
of the 91´«Ã½
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
in Philadelphia, PA
Keith Michael Fiels
91´«Ã½ Executive Director and 91´«Ã½ Council Secretary


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