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Rückkehr der UN-Polizei nach Burundi? | 08/2020
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Thirty years after the civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi began in Burundi, nobody has forgotten the atrocities. But the country's current conflict is more political than ethnic.
The head of a small opposition party in Burundi was detained on Tuesday after it criticised the government on social media, a judicial source and party official said. … Last week, the UN Human Rights Council renewed the mandate of a special rapporteur on Burundi's rights situation for another year and urged the government to fully cooperate with him.
[…] Human Rights Watch remains deeply concerned by the continuing crackdown on civic space and political opposition.
Civil society groups on Tuesday decried Burundi's decision to walk out of a review of its human rights record and voiced concerns about a perceived slide in countries' cooperation with U.N. bodies.
Burundi must engage more effectively in the rule of law and fight against impunity for violations and abuses committed since 2015, when the political system was thrown into turmoil sparking widespread protests, a UN-appointed independent human rights expert said on Friday.
Burundi's parliament on Wednesday approved the appointment of a new prime minister after President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned last week of a possible coup plot against him. The President sacked his prime minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and his cabinet chief General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama in the troubled country.
[…] Zongo noted with satisfaction that since the start of his mandate on April 1, Burundi’s return to the international scene had begun with the lifting of sanctions by the European Union, the United States and others. In return, he said Burundi has begun interacting with international and regional actors.
The country is rehabilitating its global image, but do its domestic reforms hold up to scrutiny?
As insecurity in the Great Lakes deepens, the commitment of both countries’ leaders to normalise relations is a positive step.
The US on Thursday lifted sanctions imposed on Burundi since 2015 when violent protests erupted against then president Pierre Nkurunziza. More than one thousand people died and many others were injured.