Burundi

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI

Burundi: "Disappearance"
23 December 2002

Amnesty International is gravely concerned for the safety of the three men named above who "disappeared" shortly after their arrest. Neither the men's relatives ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/023/2002

Burundi: Torture or ill-treatment/fear of torture or ill-treatment
11 November 2002

Eleven men, mainly Political Activists and Students, are being held incommunicado in security force detention in the capital Bujumbura. One reportedly been tortured ...

Urgent Action       AFR 16/019/2002

Burundi: Poverty, isolation and Ill-treatment: Juvenile justice in ...
23 September 2002

This document reports on the human rights abuses suffered by children under the Burundian justice and penitentiary system. It examines the situation of children ...

Report       AFR 16/011/2002

The Wire, September 2002. Vol. 32. No.7.
31 August 2002

1.) Burundi's children suffer; 2.) Cambodian justice system in disarray; 3.) Time to eliminate torture and ill-treatment in Peru; 4.) Human rights lawyers face ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/007/2002

Burundi: Punishing the population - reprisal killings escalate.
31 May 2002

Since December 2001 over 100 unarmed civilians have been extrajudicially executed in a systematic pattern of reprisal killings by government troops during or following ...

Report       AFR 16/006/2002

Burundi: An opportunity to confront torture and impunity ...
1 December 2001

This Memorandum addresses some key human rights issues on which Amnesty International, Burundian and other international human rights organizations have campaigned ...

Report       AFR 16/043/2001

Burundi: A new opportunity to confront torture and impunity: Cases ...
1 December 2001

The purpose of this document, issued in connection with a Memorandum, is to highlight some individual cases of people who have been victims of human rights violations ...

Report       AFR 16/044/2001

Burundi: The transitional period: A new opportunity for the ...
1 November 2001

1 November 2001. AI Index AFR 16/040/2001 - News Service Nr. 193. Burundi:The transitional period: a new opportunity for the respect of human rights. ...

Press Release       AFR 16/040/2001

Central Africa: Memorandum to the European Union (EU) on the ...
30 September 2001

Amnesty International requests that the current Belgian Presidency of the EU should be the starting point for the EU to develop a focussed and comprehensive engagement ...

Report       AFR 02/001/2001

Burundi: Preparing for peace - one year on: A public appeal by ...
27 August 2001

Amnesty International's new appeal focusses on measures that can and should be taken, during and by a transitional government to protect human rights. In this context ...

Report       AFR 16/037/2001