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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...
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Urgent 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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Imbonerakure: A brotherhood of violence thrives on spreading fear
By Millicent Zighe in Nairobi Murder, torture, forceful disappearances and arbitrary arrests – these are the tools of trade for...
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They have names: Disappeared in Burundi
By Landry Niyonzima Almost every day, bodies show up in the streets or in the rivers around the country. In...
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Ex-Nkurunziza man: Fresh probe to dodge ICC
By Gilbert Niyonkuru As the head of a country accused of committing crimes against humanity in the shadow of the...
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First Lady prayer lifts the lid on Burundi killings
Closing the week of the presidential family’s crusades, held in Ngozi, Mwumba commune, from 26 to 30 December, Denise Bucumi-Nkurunziza,...
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