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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
Gitega : the prosecutor demands sentences of up to 5 years in prison for alleged homosexuals
In a trial which took place Monday at the central prison of Gitega (political capital), the public prosecutor accused 24 defendants of being homosexuals. Legally, he qualified the offense as
Kirundo : a two-month suspension for the judges who sat in the Christelle Ndayishimiye case
The Minister of Justice, Domine Banyankimbona imposed a two-month suspension on three judges of the Kirundo First Instance Court who sat in the case of pupil Christelle Ndayishimiye. This sanction
Burundi : Bunyoni’s sins far from being precise
Burundi’s supreme court announced on Thursday that the attorney general is continuing to dig into new allegations in the Bunyoni case. The spokeswoman for the Supreme Court and the Office
Rumonge : a woman arrested after stabbing her husband
Jeanine Inamuco, 35, was arrested on Monday by the police on Mugomere hill in the urban center of the commune and province of Rumonge (southwest of Burundi). Sources close to
Gitega : cascading transfers of inmates raise concerns
A total of 29 detainees from the central prison of Gitega (political capital) were transferred to the detention houses of Ruyigi (east), Muramvya (center) and Bujumbura (commercial city). They have
South Kivu: the online press says it is threatened by the provincial media minister
In a statement published on April 21, the provincial minister for media, Jérémie Zirhumana Basimane, granted online media four days to provide documents allowing them open and operate their organizations.
Bunyoni affair: the commander of the riot unit replaced
It was the minister for internal affairs and security who decided that Police colonel Désiré Uwamahoro, commander for the controversial riot squad (BAE), be replaced by another colonel. Jonathan Sindayihebura
Bunyoni-affair: it’s a war between two titans (Frédéric Bamvuginyumvira)
On Monday, the spokesperson for the Attorney General of the Republic announced that the Burundian courts are prosecuting former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni for “undermining the internal security of