{"id":4313,"date":"2016-11-17T09:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T09:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=4313"},"modified":"2016-11-17T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T09:22:37","slug":"fidh-and-ligue-iteka-report-on-crimes-committed-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/fidh-and-ligue-iteka-report-on-crimes-committed-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDH and Ligue Iteka report on crimes committed in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH and \u201cLigue ITEKA\u201d association have published a report on 15 November about \u201cRepression and genocidal dynamics in Burundi\u201d. Burundi government refutes the allegations it contains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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People killed in an attack in Cibitoke western Bujumbura neighborhood on 4 October 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

The 200\u2013page report summarizes and identifies crimes committed in Burundi since April 2015. FIDH and Ligue Iteka report a death toll reaching 1,000 people, the detention of 8,000 people for political motives, the disappearance of between 300 and 800 people, the ill-treatment of hundreds of people, sexual abuse of several women and girls, thousands of cases of arbitrary arrests and the flight of about 300,000 refugees.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the executions are perpetrated by the regime\u2019s security forces and the youth militia affiliated to the ruling party, the Imbonerakure.\u00a0 The report mentions the sluggish intervention of the international community to protect Burundians after the failure to deploy 5000 AU troops and 228 UN police observers in July 2016.<\/p>\n

Anshaire Nikoyagize, the chairman of Ligue Iteka says the report goes back to different events that have happened in Burundi since April 2015.\u00a0 \u201cWe have found that the real problem in Burundi is based on political motives and the solutions might come from the political channel. Otherwise, the killings and abductions will persist in Burundi\u201d, says Anshaire Nikoyagize.<\/p>\n

For him, it is high time the UN deployed its forces to protect the Burundian population and stop the imminent genocide in Burundi. \u201cThe regime\u2019s crimes have become systematic and crimes against humanity are ongoing and there is a risk of genocide\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

Willy Nyamitwe, Senior Communication Advisor to the president\u2019s office says the facts depicted in the FIDH report are intended to heighten ostracism against Burundian defense and security forces. \u201cAll these reports by international organizations aim to destabilize the security of the country. They are made to influence the decisions
\nof the UN Security Council, the UN and the AU\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

For him, the report simply seeks to destabilize the country by overthrowing the democratically elected institutions.\u00a0 \u201cThose who failed to participate in the elections want to divide Burundians. We do not care about the wrong reports they regularly release to influence the UN to deploy its forces in Burundi\u201d, he concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The International Federation for Human Rights-FIDH and \u201cLigue ITEKA\u201d association have published a report on 15 November about \u201cRepression and genocidal dynamics in Burundi\u201d. Burundi government refutes the allegations it contains. The 200\u2013page report summarizes and identifies crimes committed in Burundi since April 2015. FIDH and Ligue Iteka report a death toll reaching 1,000 people, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,670],"tags":[875,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4317,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4313\/revisions\/4317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}