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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Burundi: Freedom of expression under threat from new press law ...
30 April 2013

A draft law that includes new press-related crimes and exorbitant fines for journalists who violate them looks set to be signed off by Burundi's President.

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Amnesty International | Burundi: Freedom of expression under ...
30 April 2013

A new press law that would severely limit the activities of journalists in Burundi poses a grave threat to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today ...

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Burundi: Further information: Journalists at risk from restrictive ...
25 April 2013

A draft press law which would severely limit the activities of journalists has been adopted by the Burundian Senate and is expected to be promulgated by the President ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/002/2013

Burundi: Journalists at risk from restrictive new law
18 April 2013

A draft press law which would severely limit the activities of journalists is soon to be debated by the Burundian Senate. It could make journalists criminally liable ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/001/2013

Suggested recommendations to States considered in the 15th round ...
19 November 2012

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, ...

Report       IOR 41/029/2012

Amnesty International assessment of states' implementation of ...
19 November 2012

In its submissions, Amnesty International endeavours to assess the level of implementation of recommendations made by other states in the first Universal Periodic ...

Report       IOR 41/021/2012

Burundi: Time for change: a human rights review: Submission to the ...
9 July 2012

In the four years since Burundi's human rights record was first assessed under the Universal Periodic Review, impunity for human rights violations – both past and ...

Report       AFR 16/003/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Amnesty International | Burundi: Verdict in activist's Killing ...
23 May 2012

The verdict on 22 May, 2012 in the trial of those accused of killing Ernest Manirumva, a Burundian anti-corruption activist, has been a missed opportunity to deliver ...

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Burundi:Further information: Activist released in Burundi: Faustin ...
22 February 2012

Faustin Ndikumana, President of the Burundian organization Words and Action for the Awakening of Conscience and the Evolution of Mindsets (PARCEM), was released ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/002/2012