Burundi the 93rd country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, while those found guilty of engaging in consensual same-sex relations risk imprisonm
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: AFR 16/004/2009. 24 April 2009. Burundi: New legislation abolishes death penalty; bans homosexuality. ...
Ernest Manirumva, the vice-president of the Observatory for the Struggle against Corruption and Economic Embezzlement, was stabbed to death by unidentified men ...
Prisoner of conscience Alexis Sinduhije was released on 11 March, and the charges against him were dropped, on the orders of the High Court (Tribunal de Grande ...
Alexis Sinduhije, the President of the Movement for Security and Democracy (Mouvement pour la Sécurité et la Démocratie, MSD), a political opposition group, was ...
This document contains suggested recommendations to be made during the interactive dialogue in the UPR Working Group with Bahamas, Barbados, Botswana, Burundi, ...
Journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested on 11 September 2008 and charged with defamation. He alleged in an article that the cost of President Nkurunziza’s ...
Rape is widespread throughout Burundi, though many cases, remain unprosecuted. Women are often too afraid to even report the crime out of fear that their families ...