Government bans NGOs for 3 months amid continued crackdown on civil society Published at 10.01.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: negative court ruling HRD prosecuted intimidation CSO closure bureaucratic restriction Read more
Crackdown on civil society continues: UN office ordered to leave, major NGO ceases operations Published at 28.01.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted censorship positive court ruling CSO closure criminal defamation Read more
Youth militias target fledgling opposition parties Published at 03.09.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: women negative court ruling CSO closure religious groups political interference intimidation positive court ruling youth harassment censorship non state actors time,place restrictions Read more
LA RÉPRESSION DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE SE POURSUIT : LE BUREAU DES NATIONS UNIES EST EXPULSÉ Published at 29.01.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted censorship positive court ruling CSO closure criminal defamation Read more
De jeunes milices ciblent des partis d'opposition émergents Published at 07.09.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment positive court ruling religious groups youth women intimidation CSO closure political interference time,place restrictions negative court ruling censorship non state actors Read more
UN Human Rights Office Closed at the Insistence of the Government Published at 23.04.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation Read more
Femeture du bureau des droits de l'homme des Nations unies suite à la pression du gouvernement Published at 26.04.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure intimidation Read more
Commission of inquiry slams human rights abuses ahead of elections Published at 04.11.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD CSO closure refugees and migrants intimidation negative court ruling political interference censorship non state actors Read more
High school students targetted as repression continues in Burundi Published at 25.07.2016 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: funding restriction CSO closure censorship HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation Read more
Civic space shrinks as journalists, activists, social media users and HR lawyers are attacked Published at 16.09.2016 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance killing of journalist attack on journalist torture/ill-treatment attack on HRD Read more
UN expresses serious concern for NGOs and HRDs in Burundi Published at 07.03.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist CSO closure Read more
Pro-government group seeks to incite acts of rape and violence against opposition in Burundi Published at 10.05.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law non state actors Read more
Burundi's continuing crisis takes a heavy toll on citizens' lives and freedoms Published at 14.07.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained non state actors Read more
"No sign of a positive evolution" says head of UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi Published at 25.08.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained Read more
Radio station suspended and licenses of four media outlets revoked Published at 18.10.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: enforced disappearance censorship Read more
Burundi: President silences critics and “illegally” taxes citizens in lead up to referendum Published at 22.02.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: protestor(s) detained HRD detained political interference HRD prosecuted protest Read more
Human rights defender arrested as International Criminal Court opens investigation Published at 21.12.2017 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained Read more
Human rights defenders convicted as Burundi prepares for controversial referendum Published at 12.04.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted HRD detained intimidation Read more
Another activist silenced: Germain Rukuki sentenced to 32 years in prison Published at 13.06.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: political interference HRD prosecuted censorship HRD detained intimidation Read more
Jailed human rights defender denied treatment Published at 23.07.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained torture/ill-treatment Read more
