SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 409 PUBLISHED ON 15 OCTOBER 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 7 to 14 October 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least two (2) people were murdered in the provinces of Gitega and Makamba.
The report also deplores the case of more than three hundred and sixty (360) people who are being arbitrarily detained in the dungeon of the municipal police station in Bujumbura city in particularly inhumane conditions of detention, fit for cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 408 PUBLISHED ON 8 OCTOBER 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 1st to 7 October 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least one (1) woman was murdered in the province of Gitega.
The report also deplores the case of one (1) person who was arbitrarily arrested and placed in detention in an undisclosed location and that of one (1) young man who was abducted by agents of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) in the province of Bubanza.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 407 PUBLISHED ON 01 OCTOBER 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 23 to 30 September 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least three (3) people were murdered in the provinces of Cibitoke and Gitega.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 406 PUBLISHED ON 24 SEPTEMBER 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 16 to 23 September 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least one (1) person was violently beaten on the University of Burundi’s Kamenge campus by an Imbonerakure student in the Faculty of Psychology.
The report also deplores the cases of one person who is being arbitrarily detained by the National Intelligence Service (SNR) after being abducted on the hill of Buringa in the commune of Gihanga of the Bubanza province and three (3) people who were abducted in the Bujumbura city.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 405 PUBLISHED ON 17 SEPTEMBER 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 9 to 16 September 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least two (2) people were murdered in the provinces of Bubanza and Bururi.
The report also deplores the case of an elderly woman who was severely tortured by soldiers at the Mudubugu camp in the Gihanga commune of Bubanza province.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 404 PUBLISHED ON 10 SEPTEMBER 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 2 to 9 September 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least two (2) men died in a dungeon at the police station in Cibitoke province as a result of lack of food and poor prison conditions.
The report also deplores the case of three (3) men who were abducted by members of the Burundi National Police (PNB) in Bujumbura town and Cibitoke province.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 403 PUBLISHED ON 3 SEPTEMBER 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 26 August to 2 September 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
During this period, at least fourteen (14) people were killed, including thirteen bodies discovered in a mass grave in the Maramvya zone in the commune of Mutimbuzi of the Bujumbura province, and a young man who was acquitted but kept in detention, who died in the regional hospital of Gitega following the refusal of his transfer to a specialised medical facility by the Attorney General of the Republic at the Court of Appeal of Gitega.
The report also deplores the case of one (1) human rights activist who was arrested and imprisoned at the order of the chief of staff of the governor of Bururi province, and that of one (1) activist of the ruling party CNDD-FDD (National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy), who was abducted by elements of the National Intelligence Service (SNR) in Bujumbura city.
SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT NO. 402 PUBLISHED ON 27 AUGUST 2023
This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 19 to 26 August 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi.
At least eight (8) people were murdered during this period in various parts of the country.
Letter To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human
40 Burundian and international organizations send a letter to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur and guarantee adequate financial resources for his follow-up work and documentation of the human rights situation in Burundi
Joint statement from Burundi’s civil society
One week ahead of the African Union/European Union summit in Brussels on February 17 and 18, 2022,
which the Burundian authorities are expected to attend, Burundi’s civil society in exile expresses its
disappointment and concern regarding the decision announced on February 8 by the European Union (EU) to
lift its sanctions against Burundi. These measures were adopted in 2016 as part of the Cotonou Agreement,
following a serious deterioration of the human rights situation in the country.