Burundi

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI

Burundi: Child soldiers - the challenge of demobilisation
24 March 2004

Military leaders have fuelled Burundi's 10 year armed conflict by recruiting and abducting children, destroying their childhood and their future. This report discusses ...

Report       AFR 16/011/2004

Burundi: Fear of executions - another step backwards
1 March 2004

There is no abstract for this document.

Press Release       AFR 16/012/2004

Burundi: Medical Action - Redress for victims of sexual violence
27 February 2004

This medical action focuses on the alarming increase in the number of cases of rape of women in the context of Burundi's armed conflict. It examines access to health ...

ActionDocument       AFR 16/010/2004

Burundi: Urgent need to protect women and girls from rape
24 February 2004

There is no abstract for this document.

Press Release       AFR 16/008/2004

Burundi: Fear of execution
24 February 2004

The four Rwandese men Simon Munyakazi, Apollinaire Mwiseneza, James Gakuru and Francis Maheshi were tried on charges which carry the death penalty, on 23 February ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/009/2004

Burundi: Rape - the hidden human rights abuse
24 February 2004

Like all human rights abuses in Burundi, rape has become an entrenched feature of the crisis because the perpetrators have largely not been brought to justice. ...

Report       AFR 16/006/2004

Burundi: Further information on Women under attack
17 February 2004

The action of sexual violence is now closed. The action helped to raise awareness of the pain and injustice that women survivors of rape have endured during Burundi's ...

ActionDocument       AFR 16/018/2004

Burundi: Women under attack
17 February 2004

Sexual violence has been widely used during Burundi's 10-year civil war to terrorize and humiliate the population. This action urges the public to write to the ...

ActionDocument       AFR 16/005/2004

Burundi: A critical time. Human rights briefing on Burundi
13 January 2004

This document summarises Amnesty International's findings during its two visitsto Burundi in 2003 as well as sustained research both before and since. It particularly ...

Report       AFR 16/002/2004

Burundi: International commitment to human rights issues is ...
13 January 2004

As part of the international effort to aid Burundi's transition to peace and rebuild its infrastructure, Amnesty International sets out a number of recommendations ...

Report       AFR 16/001/2004