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On 4 September 2019, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry (CoI) presented its latest set of conclusions on the situa...

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, S...

Killings, kidnappings, arrests and arbitrary detentions, torture… violations of fundamental rights are commonplace in Bu...

In 2014, Sara (real name withheld) was severely tortured in Burundi. Five years later, with no accountability in sight...

Detractors of Pierre Nkurunziza's regime have long-since been the targets of attacks and intimidations. David (real nam...

Léo was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Bujumbura. However, how much are his "confessions" worth if they w...

An oral statement to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 12 March 2019 denounces the closure of the Office of the...

Having suffered terrible acts of torture in 2015, Gabriel remains hopeful that one day his rights will be recognized....

Arbitrary arrest, incommunicado detention, torture – Benjamin went through hell in 2015. Unfortunately, years later, he...

Uta Simon recently served as gender advisor and investigator of sexual and gender-based violence on the UN Commission o...

Building on its considerable expertise in Burundi and the DRC, TRIAL International has held its first joint training se...

In December 2015, in Burundi, unidentified armed individuals carried out attacks on four military bases, in and around...