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Human Rights

Gitega : about ten members of the Banyamulenge community in detention

Since Thursday, February 20, about ten members of the Banyamulenge community, mostly refugees, have been arrested and sent to police cells in the political capital Gitega where they are held.

Politic

Bunyoni case : a request for provisional release and reopening of the case

The former Prime Minister of Burundi, Alain Guillaume Bunyoni, appeared on Friday before the cassation chamber of the Supreme Court, in an exceptional hearing held at the central prison of

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Rumonge : four Ugandans arrested

Cabura John, 24 years old, Balijuka Hillary Gahwa, 29 years old, Ajuna Robert, 26 years old, and Kasaija Enock, 23 years old, were arrested on Thursday. Their arrest took place

Security

Gitega : a couple arrested for an alleged murder

A couple suspected of being involved in a murder that occurred in Songa, in the district and province of Gitega, was arrested by the police on Tuesday, February 11. INFO

Human Rights

Kirundo : alarming overcrowding in the prosecution cell

The Kirundo prosecution cell is on the verge of implosion. Crowded detainees, unsanitary conditions and abuse of power are denounced by several sources. Faced with this crisis, prisoners are calling

Human Rights

Kayanza : a man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape of a minor

The Kayanza provincial court sentenced a 25-year-old man to a heavy sentence for the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Despite the verdict, the accused continues to deny the crime and

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Nyanza-Lac : a man detained for wearing a T-shirt labeled “Visit Rwanda”

Patrick Nsengiyumva was arrested last Friday at his home in Kabonga by the police of Nyanza-Lac, in the province of Makamba (southern Burundi). His relatives denounce “arbitrary detention” and demand

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Rumonge : the second degree of the military prosecutor’s office has given heavy sentences to soldiers who refused to go and fight alongside the FARDC against the M23

On Thursday, the 272 Burundian soldiers who refused to go and fight alongside the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) against the M23, were notified of their

Politic

Rumonge : a CNDD-FDD activist arrested for rape

A CNDD-FDD activist was arrested in Rumonge for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old pupil. This case occurs in a context where illegal mediations are obstructing justice, a situation denounced

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Kirundo : a CNDD-FDD activist sentenced to four years in prison for defamation of President Neva and the secretary general of the ruling party

Thobias Nsabiyumva, 48 years old, was tried on Wednesday in a flagrante delicto trial. It is the First Instance Court of Kirundo (northern Burundi) that sentenced him. He was found