Burundi

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI

Burundi: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Third ...
14 July 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections C and D as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information ...

Report       AFR 16/003/2008

Burundi: Arbitrary arrest/fear of torture and other ill-treatment
16 May 2008

Scores of civilians suspected of supporting an armed opposition group have been arrested by police since the start of April 2008, and are at grave risk of torture ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/002/2008

The Wire, November 2007. Vol. 37, No. 10
1 November 2007

1) International forces fail Afghan detainees 2) Forgotten victims 3) Thousands raped in Burundi 4) Lethal injections cause suffering and misuse medicine 5) Adult ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/010/2007

Burundi: No protection from rape in war and peace
9 October 2007

Burundian law enforcement officials and the judiciary regularly fail to exercise due diligence, and perpetrators of rape and sexual violence subsequently escape ...

Report       AFR 16/002/2007

Burundi: No protection from rape in war and peace
9 October 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: AFR 16/004/2007 (Public). News Service No: 190. Embargo Date: 9 October 200700:01GMT. ...

Press Release       AFR 16/004/2007

2007 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders from Burundi ...
1 October 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: IOR 80/002/2007 (Public). News Service No: 186. 1 October 2007. 2007 Martin Ennals Award for. ...

Press Release       IOR 80/002/2007

Oral Statements to the 41st Ordinary Session of the African ...
1 June 2007

This document contains Amnesty International's oral statements on the following agenda items: Item 4: Human Rights Situation in Africa; Item 5: Cooperation and ...

Report       IOR 63/004/2007

Human Rights Defenders from Sri Lanka and Burundi share 2007 ...
4 May 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PRESS RELEASE. AI Index: IOR 80/001/2007 (Public). News Service No: 088. Embargo Date: 4 May 2007 01:00GMT. Human ...

Press Release       IOR 80/001/2007

Burundi: Further information on prisoner of conscience / fear of ...
9 January 2007

Anti-corruption activist Gabriel Rufyiri was provisionally released on 12 December. He is still however charged with "defamation" ("imputations dommageables") for ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/001/2007