A Statement from Concerned Citizens and Governance, Human Rights and Legal
Organizations. (KPTJ via WLUML Networkers) "We speak in the name of Kenya's
governance, human rights and legal organizations, as well as the concerned
citizens who have contacted and chosen to work with us over the last week.

      We strongly condemn the violence that has erupted across the country following
the questionable outcomes of the counting and tallying done under the
electoral process. We express our deepest sympathy to all those who have been
injured, raped or killed and their families, those who have lost property,
those who have been internally displaced as well as those who continue to live
in fear. We are only too acutely aware that the survivors and victims continue
to be those with the most to lose from the violence as well as those who least
deserve to experience it-Kenya's impoverished women and men in both low-income
urban areas as well as in rural areas.

      We note that the violence experienced is being used to legitimize the
curtailing of the most basic of freedoms and human rights-the freedoms of
expression, assembly and association. These freedoms and human rights are
guaranteed by international law, regional law and our own Constitution. They
must be upheld at all times-especially as the exercise of these freedoms and
human rights is the only way for Kenyans to legally and legitimately express
their protest at the alleged presidential outcome of the electoral process. We
believe that the repression and suppression of legal and legitimate forms of
protest can only perpetuate further violence.

SOURCE: Women Living Under Muslim Laws