Burundi: Further information: Burundian news editor released from prison

Index Number: AFR 16/005/2011
Date Published: 17 May 2011
Categories: Burundi

Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, the editor of a Burundian online news agency, Netpress, was released from prison on 16 May 2011. He had been detained since July 2010 after suggesting that the Burundian security forces could not defend the country.