{"id":4984,"date":"2017-01-27T12:55:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T12:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=4984"},"modified":"2017-01-27T12:55:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T12:55:21","slug":"burundi-government-accuses-eu-of-demonising-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-government-accuses-eu-of-demonising-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi Government accuses EU of \u201cdemonising\u201d campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Burundian parliament has denounced the EU\u2019s accusations of human rights violations in Burundi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4985\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4985\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nzobonariba-55-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"Philippe Nzobonariba, spokesman for Burundian Government.\" width=\"326\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nzobonariba-55-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nzobonariba-55-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nzobonariba-55-600x510.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Nzobonariba-55.jpg 903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philippe Nzobonariba, spokesman for Burundian Government.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Burundi government says it received with surprise and outrage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/european-parliament-accuses-burundi-government-of-human-rights-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\">the European parliament resolution on the situation in Burundi, spelling out a number of human rights violations.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philippe Nzobonariba, the spokesman for Burundi\u2019s government, said there was coincidence and similarity between the EU parliament release and the report of the Human Rights watch, an organisation which he claims publishes false and overwhelming reports.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch is an international organisation which protects rights of people around the world, brings offenders to justice, prevents discrimination and upholds political freedom .It has accused the &#8220;Imbonerakure&#8221; , the youth league of Burundi\u2019s ruling party, of different crimes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This misinforming and demonising campaign towards Burundi country is taken up by foreign media especially the French television, France 24, which is propagandist in favour of those destabilising the state&#8221;, says the Burundi\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>The government says it regrets that the EU parliament is ignoring the improvement of the politico-security situation in the country. The government claims the human rights situation has improved remarkably in recent months.<br \/>\nThe government said it is astonished by the fact that the EU parliament ignored the Burundi\u2019s president decision to release 2500 prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament called for the immediate and unconditional release of all prisoners of conscience. On Monday 23 January, Burundi released 568 prisoners and continues to free prisoners from different jails.<\/p>\n<p>The UN delegation in Burundi said on Thursday 26 January 2017 that it was aware of the prisoners\u2019 release:&#8221; The European Union welcomes this measure, which is seen as an initial element of response in the context of the Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The government says it recommends that the EU parliament maintains collaboration with Burundi\u2019s parliament, which is a reliable official partner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundian parliament has denounced the EU\u2019s accusations of human rights violations in Burundi. Burundi government says it received with surprise and outrage the European parliament resolution on the situation in Burundi, spelling out a number of human rights violations. Philippe Nzobonariba, the spokesman for Burundi\u2019s government, said there was coincidence and similarity between the EU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,670],"tags":[819,984],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4986,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions\/4986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}