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Amnesty International intensifies bid for release of Burundi lawyer
By Waceke Njoroge bnjoroge@jfjustice.net Amnesty International has launched a second Urgent Action in as many months in its bid to...
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Address risk factors that could erode human rights gains, report warns
By Waceke Njoroge bnjoroge@jfjustice.net The Burundi government’s refusal to address human rights abuses with the aim of obtaining justice for...
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Impunity continues to trample on the rule of law in Burundi
By Waceke Njoroge bnjoroge@jfjustice.net The rule of law has progressively deteriorated and violation of human rights, though improved in some...
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‘Symbolic’ reforms fail to guarantee freedom for media and civil society groups
By Waceke Njoroge The media in Burundi is deemed to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the limited reforms...
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Sexual violence used to punish and silence dissent, UN report says
By Waceke Njoroge Sexual violence often goes hand in hand with war situations. This is the case in Burundi, where...
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Continue monitoring Burundi, human rights watchers told
By Waceke Njoroge The United Nations and the international community have been urged to ensure that monitoring of the human...
Read moreUrgent Action launched for release of Burundi lawyer Nkina
By Waceke Njoroge Amnesty International has started an online campaign to get jailed Burundi lawyer Tony Germain Nkina released. The...
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UN warns of increasing human rights violations in Burundi
By Millicent Zighe The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Oscar Fernandez-Taranco has expressed concerns over rampant human rights violations in...
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Conditions worsening in Burundi IDP camps
By Millicent Zighe More than 100,000 Burundians have been internally displaced a new study shows. A further 400,000 people have...
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Bye-bye Bujumbura, welcome to the new capital in Gitega
By Eugene Niyoyankunze Four years have elapsed since the May 13, 2015 coup attempt, but Burundi’s president is yet to...
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