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MN SF2976
Bill
Status
5/2/2014
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Hayden
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AI Summary
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Minnesota Legislature urges the President and Congress to take action to protect Somali noncombatants in Kenya following a 2014 security operation that resulted in the arrest of nearly 4,000 Somalis and Kenyans of Somali origin
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Detainees were held at Kasarani sports stadium and police stations under inhumane conditions including overcrowding, physical abuse, and sexual coercion for release, with cells designed for 20 people holding hundreds
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Kenya deported 82 Somali detainees to Somalia without allowing asylum applications, violating international law prohibiting forced return to persecution or torture
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Seventeen human rights organizations including Amnesty International and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights determined the security operation constituted unconstitutional discrimination
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Minnesota's Secretary of State is directed to transmit this memorial to the President, Congress leadership, and Minnesota's Congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Resolution memorializing the President and Congress concerning the detention and torture of the Somali people in Kenya
Last Action
Authors added Dziedzic; Hawj
5/5/2014