Burundi

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI

Burundi: Torture/ill-treatment/ Unlawful detention
7 January 2004

Alexis Nimubona is being unlawfully detained in an unofficial detention centre in southern Burundi after being arrested by members of Burundi's main active armed ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/003/2004

2004 UN Commission on Human Rights. Mission: To Promote and ...
1 January 2004

Promotion and protection of human rights are among the key functions of the Commission on Human Rights and yet there are human rights situations which the Commission ...

Report       IOR 41/001/2004

The Wire, December 2003. Vol. 33, No. 11.
1 December 2003

1) Executions in Uzbekistan 2) Viet Nam restricts Internet freedom 3) Rape committed with impunity in Burundi 4) The 'forgotten detainees' of the Bahamas 5) Human ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/011/2003

Burundi/Rwanda: Further information on Fear of torture / Fear of ' ...
12 November 2003

On 9 November, gendarmes in the town of Rumonge, southern Burundi reportedly handed Aimable Nkurunziza and Charles Muyenzi over to members of the Rwandese security ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/019/2003

Burundi/Rwanda: Fear of torture / Fear of 'disappearance'/Fear of ...
7 November 2003

Aimable Nkurunziza, Joseph Nzeyimana, and Masumbuko, currently detained in paramilitary (gendarmerie) custody in Burundi, are at great risk of being forcibly transferred ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/018/2003

Burundi: Ill-treatment/Fear of torture or ill-treatment/Fear of " ...
28 October 2003

Eight men have reportedly been badly beaten and ill-treated in military custody following their arrest on 15 September. They are currently detained in Muzinda military ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/017/2003

Burundi: Durable peace dependent on respect for basic human rights
9 October 2003

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 16/015/2003 (Public). News Service No: 233. 10 October 2003. Burundi: Durable peace ...

Press Release       AFR 16/015/2003

Burundi: Health concern / illegal detention
13 August 2003

Amnesty International has just learnt that seven named men and others are being held illegally in harsh and potentially life-threatening conditions in police custody ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/014/2003

Burundi: Further information on Fear of ill-treatment and torture
3 August 2003

Boniface Nduwayo, Pétronile Banyekazo, her son Niyokwizigira (who is aged 14 and not 15 as previously stated) and her two-year-old child, were released on 26 July ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/013/2003

Burundi: Fear of ill-treatment and torture
24 July 2003

At least 18 people held in detention in Makamba gendarmerie, southern Burundi, are at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Their number includes a 15-year-old youth ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/012/2003