Kenyan journalist tells of police torture

A journalist broke down and wept yesterday as he told how Kenyan police arrested and tortured him. Peter Makori said the officers beat him senseless. He was later charged with murder, tortured several times, and then held in custody for a year before the state dropped the case. Makori was giving evidence to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. According to the International Journalists' Network, Makori is the first journalist to bring a case before the tribunal. He explained that while he was investigating the murders of two tribal chiefs in 2003, he photographed police watching a beating and was arrested himself. The hearing is continuing. (Via allafrica.com)