SOS-TORTURE BURUNDI REPORT N° 418 PUBLISHED ON 17 DECEMBER 2023

This report by SOS-Torture Burundi covers the period from 9 to 16 December 2023 concerning cases of human rights violations in Burundi. During this period, at least three (3) people were murdered in different parts of the country. The report also deplores one (1) case of a teacher at the Buta communal high school who was violently beaten and seriously injured by militants of the CNDD-FDD party (National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy) in the province of Rutana, as well as the case of two (2) influential members of the CNL party (National Congress for Freedom) who were arbitrarily arrested and detained in the province of Cibitoke. Finally, the report criticises one (1) case of abduction, with the risk of enforced disappearance, of a teacher at the “Ecole Normale Supérieure” (ENS) in Bujumbura city.