Burundi: Arbitrary arrest: Jean-Claude Kavumbagu

Burundi: Arbitrary arrest: Jean-Claude Kavumbagu

Index AI: AFR 16/006/2008
Date de publication: 12 septembre 2008
Catégories: Burundi

Journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested on 11 September 2008 and charged with defamation. He alleged in an article that the cost of President Nkurunziza’s trip to see the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics caused some civil servants’ salaries to be paid late. He is held in Mpimba Central Prison, in the capital, Bujumbura. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression.