NAIROBI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - More than 300 people have died during violence in Kenya since a disputed election on Dec. 27, a state-funded local rights organisation and an international group said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

"According to different independent sources, more than 300 persons were killed since the elections on 27 December 2007," the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said. (Reporting by Andrew Cawthorne; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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