The Rwandan embassy in Burundi has said it was looking into the case of a Rwandan journalist who was on Monday arrested in the neighbouring country. Amb. Amandin Rugira, the Rwandan envoy to Bujumbura, said they were interested in knowing circumstances surrounding the arrest.
Rwanda Media Commission (RMC) ), a media self-regulatory body, yesterday called on Burundian authorities to release Etienne Besabesa who, it said, was arrested in Burundi's border district of Giteranyi and later reportedly transferred Muyinga district.
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