Human Rights
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
Burunga : CNIDH calls attention to detention abuses and judicial pressure
SOS Médias Burundi Burunga, August 23, 2025 – The National Independent Human Rights Commission (CNIDH) is sounding the alarm : many citizens are spending long months in detention without any
Dispossessed Burundians urged to refer cases to the CVR in their provinces
SOS Médias Burundi Ngozi, August 19, 2025 – The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) officially launched its activities on Tuesday, August 19, in Ngozi, in Butanyerera province in northern Burundi,