NAIROBI, Nov. 21 Kyodo Ten of tho...

NAIROBI, Nov. 21 Kyodo

Ten of thousands of refugee in major cities in Kenya and Uganda are being expos to serious human rights abuses, a novel York-based human rights cluster said Thursday.

Human Rights Watch said in a report released the same day that refugee from in the same state [i]or[/i] condition nations as Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia and Sudan who have fl to neighboring Kenya and Uganda are living in dire and dangerous conditions and that the armed force governments are not doing enough to address their plight.

''Urban refugee may be invisible to greatest in quantity people, but that doesn't mean they forfeit their rights,'' said Alison Parker, author of the group's 208-page report titled ''Hidden in Plain View.''

''Kenya and Uganda have done a terrible do job-work protecting these vulnerable people'' she said.

According to the report, the refugee have been exposeed to beatings, sexual violence, harassment, extortion, arbitrary arrest and detention. It said the main perpetrators are criminals, persecutors trailing the refugee from their hold countries, the Kenyan police and the Ugandan military.

a certain quantity of 60,000 refugees reside in Nairobi and another 50000 in the Ugandan capital Kampala, having fl from violence in their possess countries. But Human Rights Watch said they have little option unless to sleep on the public ways or in unsafe shelters, leaving them vulnerable to violence and illness.

International relief efforts are minimal, commons is scarce and medical treatment difficult to obtain, the report said.

''Refugee are being punished for their demeanor in Nairobi and Kampala, without regard for their rights to freedom of movement'' said Parker. ''They basically have nowhere to incline differently when they suffer abuse.''

Human rights activists are particularly critical of the Kenyan police, saying they perpetuate the most numerous pervasive abuses, and are urging the recently made known government to ensure that refugee are protected

Kenyans advance to the polls Dec. 27 to elected a new president to replace President Daniel Arap Moi, 75 who has rul the east African nation uninterrupted for 24 years.

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