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 ...
In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections C and D as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information ...
Scores of civilians suspected of supporting an armed opposition group have been arrested by police since the start of April 2008, and are at grave risk of torture ...