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Goma: burial on government orders of more than forty bodies despite opposition from families and civil society
At least 40 bodies were buried on Monday September 18, 2023 on the orders of the governor of the North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of
Cibitoke: 6 soldiers arrested after a confrontation with Imbonerakure
The 6 army officers were posted at Ruhagarika station, Buganda commune Cibitoke province, northwest Burundi. That is near the Rusizi River separating Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Five
Rutana: 4 months after the murder of Jean Claude Niyongabo of the CNL in Gatara, his family is still requesting justice
Jean Claude Niyongabo was allegedly killed by Imbonerakure (members of the CNDD-FDD party’s youth league). The Rutana prosecutor’s office refused to open the case against the alleged criminals. INFO SOS
Bujumbura : at least four magistrates arrested
Ferdinand Ntizoyimana, president of the Ntahangwa First Instance Court, north of the commercial city Bujumbura, Éric Ndikumana, deputy attorney general at the Ntahangwa Court of Appeal and two magistrates assigned
Busoni : the former district administrator and three members of the district council in detention
The former administrator of the district of Busoni, in the province of Kirundo (northern Burundi) as well as three other members of the district council of this constituency have been
Gitega : seven magistrates in detention
Seven magistrates have been detained at the central prison of Gitega (political capital) since Thursday evening, witnesses confirmed to SOS Médias Burundi. They are accused of acts of corruption and
Gitega : President Neva attacks magistrates again
The Burundian president on Friday accused the magistrates of “taking me for a scoundrel” and once again threatened to hand over the corrupt judges to the population so that they
Rumonge : the government regrets the enormous expenses incurred in prisons
The Vice-President of the Republic of Burundi, Prosper Bazombanza expressed the regrets of the government which plans to spend this year around 15 billion Burundi francs from its general budget
Homosexuals-affair : burial of a former detainee, denied access to appropriate care (Witnesses and Family)
Mevin Shurweryimana was buried on Tuesday at the Mushasha cemetery in the political capital Gitega. The 33-year-old man died overnight from Thursday to Friday. He was one of twenty defendants
Gitega : seven people sentenced to one year and two years in prison for homosexuality
Of the seven suspects convicted of homosexuality, five were sentenced to two years in jail. Two took a year. Eighteen others were acquitted by the First Instance Court of Gitega