Burundi: Fear of torture and ill-treatment / deaths in custody

Index Number: AFR 16/017/1997
Date Published: 28 May 1997
Categories: Africa, Burundi

Detainees at Socarti military camp, Kamenge district, Bujumbura, including: Jerome Pazirupwabo, Pascal "Le Vieux", Georges Nimbona, Bosco Ndikumana, Alexis, Omar, Samuel Ndayishiniye, Gihonga, Alexis "Papi", Berahino, Elie Ngendabadashaka, Eric: There is concern for the safety of detainees held at the Socarti military camp after reports that three men, Muyaga (first name unknown), Ernest Kabwe, and another man (name unknown), have died there as a result of torture in recent weeks.