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Playing with fire : weapons proliferation, political violence, and human rights in Kenya.

Title
Playing with fire : weapons proliferation, political violence, and human rights in Kenya.
Author
Misol, Lisa
Publication
New York : Human Rights Watch, ©2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Hiltermann, Joost R.
  • Hogendoorn, Ernst Jan
  • Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Description
119 p. : maps; 23 cm.
Summary
Kenya is often seen as a bastion of stability in a conflict ridden region. Yet its security is undermined by an influx of weapons recycled from nearby war zones. Moreover, the country has experienced repeated flashes of politically inspired ethnic viiolence, especially during election periods. Those instigating this deadly violence have not been held to account. An examination of past armed attacks, including a series of brutal attacks in the Coast Province in 1997, demonstrates the potentially explosive link between weapons availability and domestic political violence. Looking to Kenya's future, the continuing pattern of violence and impunity - together with the spread of small arms - threaten human rights and Kenyan society itself.
Alternative Title
Weapons proliferation, political violence, and human rights in Kenya
Subject
  • 1978-2002
  • Firearms > Kenya
  • Political violence > Kenya
  • Human rights > Kenya
  • Firearms
  • Human rights
  • Politics and government
  • Political violence
  • Gewalt
  • Politik
  • Waffenhandel
  • Minderheitenfrage
  • Kenya
  • Arms
  • Violence
  • Kenya > Politics and government > 1978-2002
  • Kenya
  • Kenia
Note
  • "May 2002"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 1564322750
  • 9781564322753
LCCN
2002105612
OCLC
  • ocm50015400
  • 50015400
  • SCSB-1256387
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library