Kenyan rape survivors sue government for inaction

Imagine if rape survivors held politicians accountable every time their government failed to protect them.

In Kenya, eight survivors of sexualized violence are suing their country for its “non-action” in response to attacks following Kenya’s 2007 general elections. As we’ve written previously, the post-election violence took place during a dispute over who had won, which developed into tribal clashes.

Kenyans in Minnesota protest the post-election violence in their home country in January 2008. (Joshua Wanyama)