Month: May 2025
Joint Statement on Political Intolerance in Burundi Ahead of the June 2025 Elections
Joint Statement on Political Intolerance in Burundi Ahead of the June 2025 Elections
As the legislative, municipal, and hilltop elections scheduled for June 2025 in Burundi approach, the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights and the organization SOS-Torture/Burundi express their deep concern about the growing political intolerance characterizing the pre-election climate, exacerbated by an upsurge in violence, hate speech, and other serious violations of fundamental rights.
Political tensions and acts of repression against members of the opposition, independent journalists, human rights defenders, and ordinary citizens exercising their freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly are increasingly being reported in various regions of the country.
Since the launch of the electoral campaign, several opposition political parties have denounced a series of acts of intimidation, physical attacks, and harassment, which they attribute to youth affiliated with the ruling CNDD-FDD party, known as Imbonerakure. These practices fuel a widespread climate of fear, hindering free participation in the electoral process and undermining the very foundations of democracy.
Joint Statement on Political Intolerance in Burundi Ahead of the June 2025 Elections
SOS-TORTURE Burundi REPORT NO. 493 PUBLISHED ON 25 MAY 2025
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 17 to 25 May 2025 and documents cases of human rights violations committed in Burundi.
During this period, two (2) people were seriously injured in the provinces of Bubanza and Gitega.
The report also notes the case of one (1) official of the Council of Patriots (CDP) in Rutana province arbitrarily detained, as well as one (1) person kidnapped by soldiers in Gitega province.
SOS-TORTURE Burundi REPORT NO. 492 PUBLISHED ON 18 MAY 2025
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 10 to 17 May 2025 and documents cases of human rights violations committed in Burundi.
During this period, three (3) people were murdered in Bujumbura City Hall.
The report also denounces cases of torture and serious injuries inflicted on at least three (3) people by agents of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) and members of the youth league of the CNDD-FDD party, the Imbonerakure, in the province of Ngozi and in the Bujumbura town hall.
SOS-TORTURE Burundi REPORT NO. 491 PUBLISHED ON MAY 11, 2025
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 3 to 10 May 2025 and documents cases of human rights violations committed in Burundi.
During this period, three (3) people were murdered in the provinces of Gitega and Muramvya.
The report also mentions the case of one (1) activist of the Sahwanya-FRODEBU party who was seriously injured by Imbonerakure in Makamba province, as well as that of two (2) people kidnapped in Bujumbura town hall.
SOS-TORTURE Burundi REPORT NO. 490 PUBLISHED ON 4 MAY 2025
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 26 April to 3 May 2025 and documents cases of human rights violations committed in Burundi.
During this period, three (3) people were murdered in Bubanza province.
The report also notes the case of one (1) journalist who was severely tortured and kidnapped at the Mutanga campus, in Bujumbura City Hall by student representatives of the University of Burundi and that of one (1) woman who is arbitrarily detained with her child in the province of Gitega.