Burundi: RFI and AFP Correspondent Beaten By Security Men in Bujumbura

press release

Reporters Without Borders condemns the severe beating that Esdras Ndikumana, a respected journalist working for Radio France Internationale and Agence France-Presse, received from members of the security forces yesterday in Bujumbura, and urges the authorities to protect journalists who are trying to do their job.

"We are dismayed and outraged to learn of this disgraceful attack on the RFI and AFP correspondent, which was tantamount to an act of torture," Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said.

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