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30 Aug
Burundi: Civil society is concerned about the numerous cases of enforced disappearances in 2025
Burundi: Civil society is concerned about the numerous cases of enforced disappearances in 2025
30 August 2025. On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, SOS Torture Burundi, the Women and Girls Movement for Peace and Security in Burundi and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) express their deep concern at the resurgence of cases of enforced disappearances in Burundi. These violations are part of a crackdown documented since 2015, marked by the systematic use of enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, torture and State violence against members of opposition parties, political activists and citizens perceived as critical of the government.