John Paul Oulu Explained

See also: Oscar Kamau Kingara. George Paul Oulu also known as Oulu GPO (died March 5, 2009) was a Kenyan human rights activist and a former Vice Chairman of the Students Organization of Nairobi University(SONU);the representative student body at the University of Nairobi.[1] His 2009 assassination is widely attributed to his work in documenting police killings.

Human rights work

Oulu was credited with an important role in investigative work behind police killings in Kenya,[2] including The Cry of Blood — Report on Extra-Judicial Killings and Disappearances,[3] which was widely publicised by WikiLeaks.

Assassination

Oulu was shot and killed while sitting in rush hour traffic in Nairobi on March 5, 2009, along with lawyer and founder of the Oscar Foundation, Oscar Kamau Kingara.[4] Following the assassination, WikiLeaks called for witness reports and described Kingara and Oulu as "Wikileaks-related senior human rights activists".[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Activist laid to rest. Daily Nation. 2009-03-14 . 2009-04-02.
  2. Web site: WikiLeaks . WikiLeaks . WikiLeaks wins Amnesty International 2009 Media Award . . 2009-06-02 . 2010-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101228234159/http://mirror.wikileaks.info/wiki/WikiLeaks_wins_Amnesty_International_2009_Media_Award/ . 2010-12-28 . dead .
  3. Web site: 'The Cry of Blood' — Report on Extra-Judicial Killings and Disappearances. Kenya National Commission on Human Rights/Enforced Disappearances Information Exchange Center. 2008-09-25. 2010-12-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20101214044349/http://www.ediec.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Kenia/KNCHR_REPORT_ON_POLICE.pdf. 2010-12-14. dead.
  4. News: Tristan . McConnell . Rights activist Oscar Kamau Kingara shot dead in central Nairobi . . 2009-03-07 . 2009-04-02 . London . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629133304/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5860870.ece . 2011-06-29 . live .
  5. Web site: Wikileaks writers killed in Kenya. Hawai`i Free Press/WikiLeaks. 2009-03-09. 2010-12-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20101225231105/http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/502/Wikileaks-writers-killed-in-Kenya.aspx. 2010-12-25. live.

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