SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT N° 440 PUBLISHED ON 19 MAY 2024
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 11 to 18 May 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least two (2) people were murdered in Bujumbura city and Kayanza province.
The report also deplores the case of four (4) people who were arbitrarily arrested in Bujumbura city and in the province of Makamba and that of five (5) others who were abducted in the provinces of Bubanza, Makamba and in Bujumbura city.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 439 PUBLISHED ON 12 MAY 2024
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 4 to 11 May 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least thirteen (13) people were murdered in various parts of the country, six of whom died of their injuries following the throwing of grenades in Bujumbura city, the explosion of which also injured twenty (20) other people.
The report also deplores the case of nine (9) people who were abducted in Bujumbura and Muyinga province.
Burundi: EMERGENCY FOR PRESS FREEDOM
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 19 Burundian civil society organizations
unite their voices to denounce the continued persecution of journalists and the brazen
violation of press freedom. Since the start of the political crisis in 2015 following the
unconstitutional third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundi has been notable for
the continued deterioration of the working conditions of journalists and the drastic
restriction of civic space orchestrated by the CNDD-FDD regime in power.
This blocking of media and civic space materialized in the destruction of independent
media such as RPA, Bonesha FM, Isanganiro, Rema FM and Radio Télévision Renaissance
following the failed coup d’état of May 2015. Since then, around a hundred journalists
were forced into exile, while seven of them were sentenced to life imprisonment in
absentia following an unfair trial, which constitutes a serious violation of the right to a
fair trial.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 438 PUBLISHED ON 5 MAY 2024
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 27 April to 4 May 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least two (2) people were murdered in the provinces of Cibitoke and Gitega.
The report also deplores the case of three (3) people from the same family abducted the same day and reported missing since 18 April 2024 in Bujumbura city.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 437 PUBLISHED ON 28 APRIL 2024
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 20 to 27 April 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least three (3) people were murdered in the provinces of Cibitoke, Gitega and Rumonge.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 436 PUBLISHED ON 21 APRIL 2024
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 13 to 20 April 2024
concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least four (4) people were arbitrarily arrested in various parts of
the country.
The report also deplores the case of four (4) people who were abducted by police
officers and agents of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) in Bujumbura province,
Bubanza, Kayanza and in the province of Ruyigi.
Weekly Report n° 435
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 6 to 13 April 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least five (5) people were murdered in various parts of the country.
The report also deplores the case of one (1) person who was arbitrarily arrested and detained in a cell of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) and that of one (1) person who was abducted by police agents in Bujumbura city.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 434 PUBLISHED ON 7 APRIL 2024
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 30 March to 6 April 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least three (3) people were murdered in the province of Cibitoke.
The report also deplores the case of one (1) person who was seriously injured by Imbonerakure in the province of Ruyigi, the case of one (1) activist from Agathon Rwasa’s CNL (National Congress for Freedom) party who was arbitrarily arrested and detained in a cell of the National Intelligence Service (SNR), and the case of one (1) person who was abducted by Imbonerakure in the province of Muyinga.
Weekly Report n° 433
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 23 to 30 March 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least four (4) people were murdered in different parts of the country.
The report also deplores the case of three (3) people from the same family who were arbitrarily arrested and detained in the province of Mwaro and that of one (1) person who was abducted in the Bujumbura city.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 432 PUBLISHED ON 24 MARCH 2024
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 17 to 23 March 2024 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least seven (7) people were murdered in various parts of the country.
The report also deplores the case of one (1) Helena Hotel agent who was tortured by the Regional Commissioner of the Central Police Region in the town of Gitega, the case of two (2) people who were arbitrarily arrested and detained in Bujumbura city, and the case of two (2) people who were abducted in Bujumbura city and in the province of Cibitoke.