A court in Kenya has ruled that 64 survivors of a doomsday cult be returned to a rescue centre where they should undergo a psychological assessment and receive counselling.
They are due to be charged with attempted suicide, which is classified as a crime in Kenya.
One cult member, however, was sent to a women’s prison as she refused to cooperate with the police and said she would carry on refusing food.
The survivors were allegedly told by their cult leader to starve themselves to death in order to get to heaven more quickly.
More than 300 bodies have been exhumed from shallow graves in a remote forest about two hours’ drive from the coast. More than 600 others are missing.
The main government-funded human rights body has called for the state to drop the attempted suicide charges against the survivors.
