Voices that cannot be silenced: Pierre Claver Mbonimpa speaks out on Burundi
Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, a leading Burundian Human Rights Defender (HRD), speaks about surviving an assassination attempt and the dangers facing activists in Burundi. On 3 August 2015, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa was shot in the face and neck as he returned home in his car from the office. He survived the attack and is currently living […]
Burundi: PI participates with the National Independent Human Rights Commission (CNIDH) to support the protection of human rights defenders
Burundi: The National Independent Human Rights Commission (CNIDH) invited Protection International to a roundtable to discuss the issues affecting HRDs in the country and to analyze the contents of a draft public law to protect HRDs, prepared by the CNIDH. Protection International contributed by sharing its expertise in the following areas: • Provide details of similar legislative processes […]
Burundi: Serious threats to FOCODE and its President Pacifique Ninahazwe
Pacifique Nininahazwe, one of the leading representatives of Burundian civil society and of the NGO of which he is the President, Forum pour la Conscience et le Développement(FOCODE), has for the last three weeks been the target of anonymous telephone calls and messages on social media making serious threats to him personally and to his family. These […]