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Mau Mau veterans seek compensation

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Five Kenyans have begun a case against the British government for alleged torture during the Mau Mau uprising more than 50 years ago.

They want compensation for what they say were human rights abuses committed by British colonial forces. Alix Kroeger reports.

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