Prominent HRD Germain Rukuki released Published at 01.08.2021 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD acquitted positive CS development HRD prosecuted release of HRDs Read more
Release of IWACU four journalists, refugees experience human rights violations Published at 22.06.2021 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: refugees and migrants enabling law Read more
Activists, journalists in exile sentenced to life in prison in a trial clouded by secrecy Published at 12.03.2021 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: positive CS development HRD prosecuted Read more
CoI mandate extended; Iwacu four are released Published at 10.02.2021 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained CSO closure protest release of HRDs Read more
La société civile intensifie les appels pour la libération des activistes et des journalistes Published at 19.10.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment LGBTI access to info. law office raid intimidation Read more
Civil society intensifies calls to release jailed activists, journalists Published at 12.10.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment LGBTI access to info. law office raid intimidation Read more
Forte répression des libertés pendant la période électorale et décès soudain du président sortant Published at 19.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Election period sees clampdown on freedoms; Outgoing president Nkurunziza dies suddenly Published at 15.06.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: harassment HRD killing negative court ruling internet restriction political interference censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
MEURTRE D'UNE FEMME POLITIQUE DE L'OPPOSITION, LE GOUVERNEMENT PRÉVIENT LES MÉDIAS Published at 23.01.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women negative court ruling sexual assault restrictive law Read more
Opposition politician found slain as government warns media ahead of 2020 elections Published at 21.01.2020 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained women negative court ruling sexual assault restrictive law 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
De jeunes milices ciblent des partis d'opposition émergents Published at 07.09.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women CSO closure religious groups intimidation harassment negative court ruling political interference time,place restrictions censorship non state actors Read more
Youth militias target fledgling opposition parties Published at 03.09.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women CSO closure religious groups intimidation harassment negative court ruling political interference time,place restrictions censorship non state actors 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
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
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
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
Government bans NGOs for 3 months amid continued crackdown on civil society Published at 10.01.2019 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD prosecuted intimidation CSO closure negative court ruling bureaucratic restriction 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
Another activist silenced: Germain Rukuki sentenced to 32 years in prison Published at 13.06.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship HRD detained political interference HRD prosecuted intimidation Read more
Human rights defenders convicted as Burundi prepares for controversial referendum Published at 12.04.2018 Country Burundi Category Latest Developments Tags: HRD detained HRD prosecuted intimidation Read more
