{"id":6434,"date":"2017-07-25T15:57:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T15:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2017-07-25T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T15:57:16","slug":"three-fnl-followers-arrested-in-ngozi-northern-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/three-fnl-followers-arrested-in-ngozi-northern-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Three FNL followers arrested in Ngozi Northern Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Bizimana, J\u00e9r\u00e8mie Ndoriyobija and Christian Citegetse have been arrested by the National Intelligence Service in Ngozi Northern Province in the afternoon of 24 July. Olive Nkunzimana, MP elected in Ngozi constituency from the political coalition \u201cAmizero y\u2019Abarundi\u201d says all of them are followers of FNL party, which is not officially recognized by the government. She says they are now detained in the Criminal Investigation Department of the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Ngozi Province. \u201cWe don\u2019t know the reason why they have been arrested\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6433\" style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6433\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-6433\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ngozi-chef-lieu-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Three young men were arrested by the Head of the National intelligence service in Ngozi province\" width=\"455\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ngozi-chef-lieu-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ngozi-chef-lieu-600x380.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Ngozi-chef-lieu.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three young men were arrested by the Head of the National intelligence service in Ngozi province<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nkunzimana says they would be accused of disrupting security. \u201cIt is not the first time Charles Nkurunziza is arrested. Before being released, he was accused of security destabilization. She says they have been arrested by the Head of the National Intelligence Services in Ngozi Province.<\/p>\n<p>Nkunzimana exhorts Burundi government to let people do their political activities freely. \u201cThe country will only progress if different political opinions are taken into account\u201d, she says.<\/p>\n<p>Local FNL leaders say they would be accused of insulting government authorities. However, Nkunzimana believes that they would have been victims of their political affiliation. The three men arrested are followers of the First Deputy President of the National Assembly, Agathon Rwasa. Aim\u00e9 Magera, FNL spokesperson, says the three FNL members have been brutally tortured. \u201cThey are hardly recognizable. Christian Citegetse has been seriously beaten on his face while the leg of J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Ndoriyobija was broken\u201d, he says. He calls on the human rights groups to follow those cases closely. \u201cAbout 70 followers of FNL party have been arrested only in the month of June\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre Nkurikiye, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Security, says the three men have been arrested when they were causing troubles in a bar. \u201cThey were drunk. Suddenly, they started saying things that would destabilize security\u201d, he says. Nkurikiye says it is the population that alerted the police to arrest them. He also says he is not aware of the torture that they would have endured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Bizimana, J\u00e9r\u00e8mie Ndoriyobija and Christian Citegetse have been arrested by the National Intelligence Service in Ngozi Northern Province in the afternoon of 24 July. Olive Nkunzimana, MP elected in Ngozi constituency from the political coalition \u201cAmizero y\u2019Abarundi\u201d says all of them are followers of FNL party, which is not officially recognized by the government. 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