University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 4, 1992
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Kenyan women strip during protest
The Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya — Riot police fired tear gas yesterday to disperse hundreds of demonstrators demanding freedom for political prisoners, but baton-wielding security forces backed off when several women disbroked in protest.
The protesters earlier had threatened to strip — a strong taboo in most African societies for women of middle age or more — if authorities tried to break up their demonstration in a downtown park.
They had gathered to support two dozen women fasting to protest the detention of their sons.
Three women suffered minor injuries in the disturbance. A fourth, environmentalist and opposition figure Wangari Maathai, also was admitted to a hospital. It was not clear if she participated in the protest or what she was treated for, and hospital officials would not discuss her condition.
A number of unemployed youths attracted by the disturbance sparred with police long into the afternoon, petting security forces and passing vehicles with stones.
An Associated Press photographer said police fired tear gas and their weapons in the air after youths tried to set fire to a bus. Police beat some people with batons, witnesses said.
Political violence has been rising in Kenya since December, when President Daniel arap Moi legalized multiparty politics in the east African nation of 25 million.
Civil unrest also has increased. Many Kenyans say that Moi, who has been in power since 1978, has grown too autocratic.
The government has been cracking down on dissidents, banning demonstrations and trying to censor publications it considers too critical.
Kenya, a former British colony, won independent
four years after the end of the violent
Man Manu Mauzi.
The official said the cutoff was forced by the Brooke amendment, under which Congress mandated a halt to all but food aid to countries six months behind on loan repayments.
Meanwhile, a U.S. Embassy official said yesterday that the United States had halted all new development aid to Kenya and suspended a small military training program.
The official said that Kenya was six months behind on repaying housing loan guarantees and that the amount due would reach $4 million on April 1.
Saudi reforms get mild praise from KU
By Svala Jonsdottir
Kansan staff writer
Political reforms announced in Saudi Arabia on Sunday are a small step in the right direction, members of the KU community said yesterday.
In a first step toward giving Saudis a voice in government, King Fahd promised historic reforms including the creation of national and local advisory councils and the spelling out of some basic civil rights.
Deborah Gerner, associate professor of political science, said the reforms had been anticipated for sometime.
"While they do not go as far as many would like — indeed they do not go as far as I would like — the reforms do represent a slight movement toward democratization and protection of human rights in Saudi Arabia," Gerner said.
She said the king needed to consider
the conflicting needs of both Islamic fundamentalists and supporters of political reforms.
"Part of the reason why the reforms do not go further is that the ruling family does not want to lose power," she said. "Part of it is also that they would be undermined by the other side, which opposes more change."
Sunday's reforms formalized the existing form of government, which is seen as the outline of a formal constitution.
Individual rights that protect Saudis from illegal government tampering with their phones, mail and private property also were stressed in the announcement.
Abdulrahman Alangary, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia, graduate student, said
Saudi Arabians had become more
aware of the outside world and
the need for changes in their country during
and after the Persian Gulf war.
"Young and educated people wanted changes," Alangary said. "They want to share in the government."
Alangary said Western-style democracy would not be possible in the country because of Islamic religious laws.
"As Muslims, we view democracy differently," he said. "We could never allow something that went against us, for example, even if the majority wanted it."
The reforms do not represent a movement away from Islamic laws. Alangary said.
He said he saw the reforms as a positive change.
"I believe this is a start," Alangary said. "People would like to see more changes, but it is better than before."
The creation of national and local advisory councils is seen as a first move toward political pluralism.
Council will have no law-making power, it can make recommendations to the king and the prime minister.
Virgil Woolridge, assistant professor of military science, was in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf war.
"When I was over there, I did not see any big clamor for democracy," he said. "That may very well change as Saudi Arabia has more and more contact with the West."
Although the national Consultative
Woolridge said that although the reforms sounded positive, he was not convinced they went far enough to make a difference.
"I do not see the advisory board having much meaning, except it is going to allow countries like the United States to say that Saudi Arabia is moving toward a more democratic society," he said.
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
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