Comments on: International journalists arrested in Kenya http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 07:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Discussion about the current Stuation in Kenya in Berlin, Germany by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation | Eyes on Kenya http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-364 Discussion about the current Stuation in Kenya in Berlin, Germany by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation | Eyes on Kenya Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:58:22 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40#comment-364 [...] holds a discussion about the political situation in Kenya. Speakers are the German swing musician Andrej Hermlin, who was arrested in Kenya in Janurary 2008, Dr. Claus Dieter König and Member of the German parliament for the Linke- Hüseyin Aydin. It will [...] [...] holds a discussion about the political situation in Kenya. Speakers are the German swing musician Andrej Hermlin, who was arrested in Kenya in Janurary 2008, Dr. Claus Dieter König and Member of the German parliament for the Linke- Hüseyin Aydin. It will [...]

]]> By: Eyes on Kenya » Comments on the assasination of Melitus Mugabe Were | http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-205 Eyes on Kenya » Comments on the assasination of Melitus Mugabe Were | Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:21:48 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40#comment-205 [...] institution which most likely is still under government control. Demonstrators have been executed, journalists attacked and peaceful gatherings at funerals and at Melitus Mugabe Were’s compound were tear-gassed [...] [...] institution which most likely is still under government control. Demonstrators have been executed, journalists attacked and peaceful gatherings at funerals and at Melitus Mugabe Were’s compound were tear-gassed [...]

]]> By: Eyes on Kenya » Blog Archive » International Journalists Released http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-90 Eyes on Kenya » Blog Archive » International Journalists Released Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:09:44 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40#comment-90 [...] Eyes on Kenya « International journalists arrested in Kenya [...] [...] Eyes on Kenya « International journalists arrested in Kenya [...]

]]> By: Goodman http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-87 Goodman Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:45:17 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40#comment-87 Why were those three arrested? Andrej Hermlin openly supported ODM and knows Odinga personally. There is a good chance that they were in possession of documents and information, which they planed to publish from abroad. Most likely information which the Kibaki government did not want to leave the country. It is easy to be called “a terrorist” those days, if you are to close to the opposition. It was a sure sign for all foreigners to stay out of it. Why were those three arrested? Andrej Hermlin openly supported ODM and knows Odinga personally. There is a good chance that they were in possession of documents and information, which they planed to publish from abroad. Most likely information which the Kibaki government did not want to leave the country. It is easy to be called “a terrorist” those days, if you are to close to the opposition. It was a sure sign for all foreigners to stay out of it.

]]> By: INSIGHT KENYA http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-85 INSIGHT KENYA Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:54:23 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40#comment-85 [...] Comments Jai on Jai on Eyes on Kenya Blog... on EoK on Mzalendo on [...] [...] Comments Jai on Jai on Eyes on Kenya Blog… on EoK on Mzalendo on [...]

]]> By: Jannek http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40&cpage=1#comment-83 Jannek Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:38:03 +0000 http://eyesonkenya.org/blog/?p=40#comment-83 Here the reuters articel: http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL18135163.html NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two German men and a Dutch woman who entered Kenya as journalists have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism after being found with photos of "vital installations", police said on Friday. "Although they entered the country as journalists they have been conducting themselves in a suspicious manner," police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told reporters. "We are investigating materials recovered from them. Some of them include photographs of vital installations," he added, without giving further details. "The suspects ... have been arrested with suspicion of terrorist activities," Kiraithe said. Kiraithe said the two Germans -- Gerd Uwe Hauth and Andrej Hermlin -- and Fleur Van Dissel, a Dutch national, were arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The German and Dutch foreign ministries confirmed the arrests. "The embassy is in touch with local authorities to try to ensure they are released quickly," a German foreign ministry spokesman said. A spokeswoman for the Dutch foreign ministry said their embassy had been in contact with Van Dissel to help her deal with the Kenyan authorities. She added that the Dutch ambassador had spoken to the Kenyan foreign minister to ensure she would be treated well. Hermlin, a musician known in Germany as "the king of swing," is the son of well-known East German writer Stephan Hermlin. He is married to a Kenyan woman. Kiraithe said the three raised suspicions after they changed vehicles four times on the trip from Nairobi to the airport. But Salim Lone, spokesman for the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), said Van Dissel had been making a documentary about its leader Raila Odinga, which was aired on local television a few days before a Dec. 27 election. "I am astounded to hear they have been arrested. I know Fleur has been working on a documentary on Odinga for at least five years, while Andrej Hermlin is a famous musician," Lone told Reuters. He said Van Dissel was working on another documentary on Odinga, a former political prisoner who accuses President Mwai Kibaki -- who narrowly won the vote -- of stealing victory. Hundreds of foreign reporters descended on Nairobi for the polls and many more arrived after Kibaki's re-election triggered political and ethnic violence killing around 650 people. Here the reuters articel: http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL18135163.html

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two German men and a Dutch woman who entered Kenya as journalists have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism after being found with photos of “vital installations”, police said on Friday.

“Although they entered the country as journalists they have been conducting themselves in a suspicious manner,” police spokesman Eric Kiraithe told reporters.

“We are investigating materials recovered from them. Some of them include photographs of vital installations,” he added, without giving further details.

“The suspects … have been arrested with suspicion of terrorist activities,” Kiraithe said.

Kiraithe said the two Germans — Gerd Uwe Hauth and Andrej Hermlin — and Fleur Van Dissel, a Dutch national, were arrested at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

The German and Dutch foreign ministries confirmed the arrests. “The embassy is in touch with local authorities to try to ensure they are released quickly,” a German foreign ministry spokesman said.

A spokeswoman for the Dutch foreign ministry said their embassy had been in contact with Van Dissel to help her deal with the Kenyan authorities.

She added that the Dutch ambassador had spoken to the Kenyan foreign minister to ensure she would be treated well.

Hermlin, a musician known in Germany as “the king of swing,” is the son of well-known East German writer Stephan Hermlin. He is married to a Kenyan woman.

Kiraithe said the three raised suspicions after they changed vehicles four times on the trip from Nairobi to the airport.

But Salim Lone, spokesman for the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), said Van Dissel had been making a documentary about its leader Raila Odinga, which was aired on local television a few days before a Dec. 27 election.

“I am astounded to hear they have been arrested. I know Fleur has been working on a documentary on Odinga for at least five years, while Andrej Hermlin is a famous musician,” Lone told Reuters.

He said Van Dissel was working on another documentary on Odinga, a former political prisoner who accuses President Mwai Kibaki — who narrowly won the vote — of stealing victory.

Hundreds of foreign reporters descended on Nairobi for the polls and many more arrived after Kibaki’s re-election triggered political and ethnic violence killing around 650 people.

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