12-01-2014 ■ Civil society and the press are accused of being opposition actors. Human Rights defenders are systematically threatened and even attacked. Peaceful demonstrations are only authorized when in favor of the government. These are just a few of the conclusions of Michel Forst, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation (...)

11-17-2014 ■ The UN special rapporteur Michel Forst is visiting Burundi from 14 to 25 November 2014. He was invited by the Government of Burundi. The objective of the visit is to look at the human rights defenders situation, the legal framework and the environment in which those are functioning for (...)

10-23-2014 ■ Burundi’s Human Right record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee on 8-9 October in Geneva.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse The committee was interested in the case of two commissioners of the Burundian Independent National Commission on Human Right (INCHR), who were instated without consulting opposition parties and civil (...)

10-08-2014 ■ The Chairman of APRODH is now at home. He is happy for his release and he indicates that he will continue his fight for human rights.-By Yves Didier Irakoze “I’m happy to be free and I thank everyone who supported and came to visit me when I was in (...)

09-30-2014 ■ After about four months of detention Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, accused of spreading information that can endanger state security, is released by the Tribunal of FIRST instance of Bujumbura on the condition that he does not leave Bujumbura City.-By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse The Tribunal of first instance of Bujumbura has (...)

08-21-2014 ■ Child protection NGO’s say that twenty-six thousand children are engaged in child labor throughout the country. Government’s regulations to fight against child labor are not well-known and poorly upheld. – By J.Berchmans Siboniyo In many popular quarters of Bujumbura city, we are accustomed to seeing little children who sell (...)

12-13-2013 ■ 71,146 are people who have been recorded in human traffic in Burundi according to the Survey of “Global Slavery Index” since 2008 to 2013. The government, public or private institutions and people are called upon to deal with this threat that starts taking a large scale.–By Yves Didier Irakoze (...)

09-23-2013 ■ They brought nothing and their partners don’t know where they are. Those are men and women who are married to Tanzanians. The administration has promised to seek solutions – By Diane Uwimana It’s 8 am. It’s nice, a bit warm as well as easy to accede to Karubara site (...)

09-02-2013 ■ Since 13rd August 2013, the National Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (ONPRA) has started a verification of Refugees who live in Burundi. ONPRA wants to know their profile and its mandate. by Yves Didier Irakoze “The process of verification has started in Refugees’ Camps of (...)

08-26-2013 ■ Since two weeks, Burundians living in Tanzania have been mistreated and forced to go back to their native country. According to one analyst, the two countries should negotiate to solve the problem very quickly and prevent any negative impact in EAC- By Diane Uwimana Some Burundians living in Tanzania (...)