Human Rights
Burundi : The Iteka League denounces a probable cover-up of the perpetrators of nearly 1,500 targeted assassinations in three years
In its damning new report, the Iteka Human Rights League is more severe. It speaks of notorious impunity and a cover-up to hide the crimes from President Évariste Ndayishimiye’s rule.
Tanzania : more than 100 CNL members seeking asylum
More than a hundred Burundians, members of the opposition CNL party, mainly from the Gitega, Ruyigi and Makamba provinces, fled the country at the end of last week. They fled
Bubanza : over 150 inmates released
At least 159 prisoners were released by the minister in charge of justice on Thursday. They were detained at the central prison of Bubanza (west Burundi). Minister Domine Banyankimbona explained
DRC: human rights activists and opposition denounce government decision to reinstate the death penalty
Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of Congo has just been reinstated. The least we can say is that the measure is not unanimous. Apart from the majority, several social
Buganda: a teacher kidnapped
Melchior Ndikumana, teacher at the Ndava-village, village and Ndava zone basic school in Buganda district in Cibitoke province (northwest Burundi) was kidnapped during the night from Sunday to Monday. According
Photo of the week : President Neva does not regret having wanted homosexuals to be stoned and still wants it
The Burundian president reiterated Friday that he does not regret his comments on same-sex marriage. He insisted, on the celebration of the day dedicated to women’s rights, that he is
Gitega: President Neva does not regret having wanted homosexuals to be stoned and still wants it
The Burundian president reiterated Friday that he does not regret his comments on same-sex marriage. He insisted, on the celebration of the day dedicated to women’s rights, that he is
Cibitoke: four ladies killed the day before women’s day
Four women were killed and eight girls victims of rape at the start of the month dedicated to women in the communes of Rugombo, Murwi, Bukinanyana and Buganda, in Cibitoke
Mahama (Rwanda): Congolese Tutsi refugees from Mahama joined their peers to alert the world
This Wednesday, it was the turn of the Mahama camp’s Congolese Tutsi refugees in the Kirehe district, to add their voice to that of other Congolese exiled in Rwanda to
Rwanda : Congolese Tutsi refugees demonstrate against a probable genocide targeting them in the DRC
It is refugees from the Kiziba and Nkamira camps located respectively in the Karongi and Rubavu districts of the Western Province who demonstrated on Monday. They denounce a “genocide” committed