Alexis Sinduhije, the President of the Movement for Security and Democracy (Mouvement pour la Sécurité et la Démocratie, MSD), a political opposition group, was ...
Journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested on 11 September and charged with defamation. He alleged in an article that the cost of President Nkurunziza’s trip ...
Rape is widespread throughout Burundi, though many cases, remain unprosecuted. Women are often too afraid to even report the crime out of fear that their families ...
In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections C and D as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information ...
Scores of civilians suspected of supporting an armed opposition group have been arrested by police since the start of April 2008, and are at grave risk of torture ...
Burundian law enforcement officials and the judiciary regularly fail to exercise due diligence, and perpetrators of rape and sexual violence subsequently escape ...
Anti-corruption activist Gabriel Rufyiri was provisionally released on 12 December. He is still however charged with "defamation" ("imputations dommageables") for ...
Peace activist Terence Nahimana is facing charges that could potentially see him jailed for up to 20 years. He is the director of the NGO Cercle d'initiative pour ...
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