Burundi

Burundi: Reverse Ban on Civil Society Group - 25 November 2009

(Bujumbura) – Burundian authorities should immediately retract an ordinance outlawing the Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society (FORSC), an umbrella organization representing 146 Burundian civil society associations, said Amnesty International, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, and Human Rights Watch in a joint statement issued today. The government should also end threats and harassment against civil society activists, the groups said.
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Harassment and intimidation of political opponents, journalists and human rights defenders increased, often in violation of the right to freedom of expression.

Burundian refugees in Tanzania intimidated into returning home - 29 June 2009

Some refugees have had their homes set on fire and others have been threatened with arson, to coerce them into returning home.

Burundi abolishes the death penalty but bans homosexuality - 27 April 2009

Burundi the 93rd country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, while those found guilty of engaging in consensual same-sex relations risk imprisonm

Rape in Burundi – demand justice now! - 21 July 2008

Rape is widespread throughout Burundi, though many cases, remain unprosecuted. Women are often too afraid to even report the crime out of fear that their families and