Human Rights
Burundi : associations demand the right to pay tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 26, 2025 – Burundian authorities continue to prevent associations defending the rights of Tutsi victims from paying tribute at the Kwi Bubu memorial site in
Bujumbura : Journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana transferred from Mpimba jail to the National Intelligence Service (SNR) cells
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 26, 2025 —Journalist Kenny Claude Nduwimana was removed on Friday, October 24, from Bujumbura’s central prison, known as Mpimba, to be held in the cells
Gitega : former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni hospitalized in very critical condition
SOS Médias Burundi Gitega, October 9, 2025 – Former Burundian Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, detained at Gitega Central Prison since July 2023, was hospitalized on Thursday morning at Gitega
Ngozi : journalist Sandra Muhoza back in court, her lawyers demand her provisional release
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, October 7, 2025 — After more than a year in detention, journalist Sandra Muhoza, correspondent of the independent media outlet La Nova Burundi, appeared on Tuesday
The term of the Special Rapporteur on Burundi renewed
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, October 7, 2025 — The United Nations Human Rights Council has decided to extend for one year the term of Fortuné Gaétan Zongo, UN Special Rapporteur
Four boys rescued from human trafficking between Burundi and Tanzania
SOS Médias BurundiRumonge, October 3, 2025 — Four teenagers from southern Burundi were repatriated on Monday after falling victims to a human trafficking network operating between Burundi and Tanzania. These
Burundi – Transferred to Ngozi, journalist Sandra Muhoza remains at the heart of a judicial imbroglio
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 26, 2025 – Sandra Muhoza has been transferred to Ngozi Prison, in the north of the country, where she will now appear before the local
Burundi : YouTuber Dieudonné Niyukuri and four others kidnapped by intelligence
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 16, 2025 – Dieudonné Niyukuri, a well-known Burundian YouTuber critical of the government, and four other people, including a Rwandan driver, have reportedly been detained
Acquitted prisoners still incarcerated in Mpimba : Ntabariza sounds the alarm
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 4, 2025 – More than a hundred people, despite having been acquitted by the Burundian courts, remain unjustly detained in Bujumbura’s central prison, known as
Burundi : an RTNB journalist arrested, heavy silence in local media
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 3, 2025 – Journalist Marius Muhirwe, employed in the news department of the Burundi National Radio and Television (RTNB), was arrested on Wednesday in Bujumbura