Human Rights
Jean Bigirimana : ten years on, Burundi still unable to answer the unsettling question
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 22, 2026—Ten years after the disappearance of journalist Jean Bigirimana, no final answer has yet been found regarding his fate. This Wednesday, the Iwacu media
Burundi : 407 deaths, 13,000 inmates, and 663 documented violations in a year, warns the Iteka league
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 2, 2026 – In Burundi, the human rights situation has deteriorated further over the past year. In its report covering the June 2025 – May
Burundi : in Geneva, the UN Special Rapporteur denounces a persistent human rights crisis ahead of the 2027 presidential election
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 1, 2026 – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Fortuné Gaëtan Zongo, has painted a particularly worrying picture
Burundi : NGOs accuse authorities of allowing torture to continue with impunity
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 27, 2026 – Celebrated every June 26, the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was marked this year by a joint
Murembwe Central Prison : hunger, diseases and overcrowding, the ordeal of the inmates
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, June 27, 2026 – Inmates at Murembwe central prison, located in the Gatete zone of Rumonge district, in Burunga province, in the southwest of the small
World Refugee Day 2026 : between despair, pressure to return, and a protracted humanitarian crisis in the camps
From Nyarugusu to Kakuma, via Mahama, Nakivale, Meheba, Lusenda, and the reception sites in Burundi, Burundian and Congolese refugees are experiencing a World Refugee Day marked by reduced humanitarian assistance,
Press freedom : the journalist exile explodes worldwide, according to Reporters Without Borders
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 21, 2026—The number of countries where journalists are forced to flee threats, persecution, or conflict has doubled in five years, according to a report published
Burundi: scandal at the CNIDH, a senior official implicated in a disappearance case
SOS Media Burundi Bujumbura, June 16, 2026 – The National Independent Human Rights Commission (CNIDH) is at the center of a new controversy. Officials within the institution are calling for
Burundi : shortages, exodus, arbitrary detentions… bishops issue a harsh indictment
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, June 10, 2026 – Meeting in ordinary plenary assembly from June 1 to 5 in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital, home to the main United Nations agencies
Bujumbura : a Congolese national arrested by Burundian intelligence
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, May 29, 2026 — Congolese national Babunga Benjamin Watuna was arrested on Tuesday, May 27, 2026, in Bujumbura, Burundi’s commercial capital, by Burundian intelligence services. According