Week 3 Report on Burundi

Civil society organizations have repeatedly raised concerns with the continued enforced disappearances and discovery of mass graves since May 2015. In December 2015, civil society protested the disappearance of 24 individuals and reports of their mass burial in...

Week 2 Report on Burundi

Following the pronouncement by President Nkurunziza that he was running for a third term, peaceful demonstrations started on April 26, 2015. Law enforcement agents responded using force and violence resulting in deaths, arrests, and organized attacks. These incidents...