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Burundi: Over 200 Killed in Escalating Brutality in Burundi
CAJ News, 14 September 2018
BURUNDIAN security forces and youth aligned to the ruling party have allegedly killed more than 200 people in the past five months. Read more »
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Burundi: UN Human Rights Body - Renew Mandate of Burundi Investigation
HRW, 17 September 2018
Earlier this year, Human Rights Watch documented how Burundi's security services and Imbonerakure members, the ruling party youth league, killed, raped, abducted, beat, and… Read more »
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Burundi: Burundi Government On the Spot Over Expelling UN Human Rights Team
Monitor, 12 September 2018
Burundi's ambassador in Geneva struggled to explain to the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday why his government had thrown out a UN team that the Council, with Burundi's backing,… Read more »
Burundi On the Spot Over Alleged Rights Abuses
Human rights groups say security forces and youth militia have killed more than 200 people over the past five months. They also say they have documented some 29 cases of sexual and gender-based violence, 35 enforced disappearances, 144 cases of torture and 694 arbitrary arrests during the period.
Protesters raise their hands in front of police in a protest in Bujumbura. (file photo)
InFocus
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Senior UN investigators say opponents of government backed constitutional reform that will extend President Pierre Nkurunziza's term of office have faced torture and execution amid ... Read more »
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Burundi's government has told East African leaders that preparations for elections in 2020 are going ahead and are being done "democratically in compliance with the law". Read more »
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The government says the majority of Burundians voted in favour of a new constitution that could keep current President Pierre Nkurunziza in power until 2034. But rights groups have ... Read more »
