Democracy and Class Struggle: Castration and conspiracy: How British government covered up torture of the Mau Mau - including Obama's grandfather - for 50 years

Democracy and Class Struggle: Castration and conspiracy: How British government covered up torture of the Mau Mau - including Obama's grandfather - for 50 years: "Castration and conspiracy: How British government covered up torture of the Mau Mau - including Obama's grandfather - for 50 years




The full horror of a brutal campaign of torture meted out by British officials on Kenyan rebels including Barack Obama's grandfather has emerged for the first time.

A cache of secret documents detailing efforts to suppress the Mau Mau uprising has lain hidden in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in London, for 50 years.

Removed from Kenya on the cusp of independence, they were uncovered in January after five Kenyans launched a lawsuit against the British government.

The claimants say they suffered castration, sexual abuse and severe beatings in detention camps administered by the British government and want an apology and financial compensation."