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Opinion

Burundi’s Domestic Worker Deal with Saudi Arabia: A Profitable Pact Built on Pain

Behind the rhetoric of “opportunity” lies a system that licenses exploitation, silences victims, and turns citizens into commodities.

Human Rights

Child Rights Group Denounces Growing Cross-Border Exploitation of Burundian Children

SOJPAE urges tighter border controls after intercepting minors allegedly trafficked for farm work in neighbouring Tanzania.

Justice

Rights Group Warns of Rising Killings and Human Rights Abuses Against Burundians Abroad

Burundians living abroad face escalating human rights violations, with Zambia, Tanzania, and Gulf nations cited as main hotspots, ALUCHOTO says.

Justice

UN Human Rights Council Extends Mandate on Burundi Despite Government Objection

Gitega challenges the UN resolution, accusing the Council of reviving old crisis narratives and disregarding the country's current realities.

Justice

Burundi’s CNIDH Pushes Back Against UN Human Rights Report

The chairman of Burundi’s National Independent Human Rights Commission (CNIDH), Martin Blaise Nyaboho, has dismissed recent reports by the United Nations Special Rapporteur...

Justice

UN Rapporteur Reports Escalating Rights Violations in Burundi

Report to the Human Rights Council cites intimidation in elections, land confiscations, and abuses against refugees amid worsening socio-economic conditions

Politics

Burundian Opposition Party Slams CNDD-FDD’s 20-Year Rule as “Disastrous”

Two decades of CNDD-FDD have deepened poverty, silenced dissent and hollowed state institutions, according to CNL.

Justice

Burundi Rights Group Condemns Illegal Detentions Despite Court Acquittals

More than 100 acquitted prisoners are still locked up in Mpimba central prison alone, according to NTABARIZA.

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