Rwandan Civil Society raises a human right protest against the imprisonment of two Rwandan citizens in Burundi accused of illegal entry into the country.
During a press conference, Jean Léonard Sekanyange, Chairman of CLADHO said that Rwandan Human Rights Associations are working together with Burundian Associations to influence the release of the two people detained in Burundi.
In an Interview with IGIHE, Sekanyange said “We are in contact with the Burundian associations about it. Initially they said they were not aware of the issue. On our part, we gave them basic information to know their identities and districts and areas of origin and other items necessary for their identification.”
Both Rwandan citizens have been imprisoned since September 26 in the capital of the province of Muyinga.
This is actually a couple of Zainab Yankulije, Rwandan and her husband Osman Nubahe residing in Muyinga in Burundi.
They are believed to have offered hospitality to a person not previously identified who, according to Burundian police, would have gone to take pictures of where were buried the anonymous bodies recently found in the lake of Rweru.
Meanwhile Burundian Officials have said the bagged bodies originated from Rwanda, an accusation that Rwanda denies.
The neighbors of imprisoned couple said it is unfair because these investigative authorities did that based on rumors and suspicions not sufficiently verified.
The prosecutor’s office in Muyinga states that the two Rwandans are imprisoned under judicial investigation for illegal entry into Burundi and taking pictures of where the bodies found in the lake Rweru rest.
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