{The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) is due to conduct a special review of Burundi on July 28 and 29 in Geneva.}<\/p>\n
The review is in light of information it has received about the deteriorating human rights situation in the country.<\/p>\n
CAT members and a Burundian delegation, headed by the Minister of Justice, will discuss issues specified in the Committee\u2019s written request for a special report sent to the Burundian government in December last year.<\/p>\n
Among others, they will be seeking responses to<\/p>\n
Steps taken to investigate summary executions, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of opposition members, journalists, human rights defenders, and those considered as supporting the opposition since 2015;<\/p>\n
Progress in investigations regarding the attack against human rights activist Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa in August 2015, the kidnapping and murder of his son Welly Nzitonda in November 2015;<\/p>\n
Investigations into allegations of torture committed by the National Information Service;<\/p>\n
Investigations into killings and acts of torture allegedly carried out by members of the Imbonerakure;<\/p>\n
Measures taken to implement the Committee\u2019s previous recommendations issued in 2014, when Burundi was examined under the regular review process.<\/p>\n
The two-day review will take place at Palais Wilson in Geneva and would be webcast live at webtv.un.org. The Committee will also hear from representatives of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs).<\/p>\n
President Nkurunziza\u2019s decision to seek a third term as president led to a political unrest since last April. He went on to win elections in July 2015 and was subsequently sworn in as president.<\/p>\n
Rebel groups have been making the country ungovernable with tit-for-tat assassinations and running grenade and gun battles that have killed more than 450 people and forced over 250,000 people to flee the country.<\/p>\n
The latest assassination was of a former minister who is considered a close ally of Nkurunziza, Hafsa Mossi, who was murdered in the capital Bujumbura.The action led to widespread condemnation by the government and international bodies.<\/p>\n
The European Union (EU) suspended financial support to the Nkurunziza led government in March asserting that the president had failed to do enough to resolve ongoing political and economic crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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