Burundi: Unicef Concerned Over Arrests, School Expulsion of Students

7 June 2016

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today it is concerned about the arrests, expulsions from school and injuries of students in Burundi schools, and has called for all parties involved in the political conflict in the country to fully respect the rights of children to education and to protect them from violence.

Speaking at the regular bi-weekly news briefing in Geneva earlier today, UNICEF spokesperson Christophe Boulierac noted that on 26 and 27 May, 334 students had been expelled from two schools in Ruziba close to Bujumbura, under the pretext of having defaced textbooks. Since then, the children had been invited to go back to school, but many had not gone back.

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