Category Archives: Advocacy

On this day, when the entire world is observing the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Burundian Human Rights League ITEKA draws attention to the persistence and indeed the increase in the use of both physical and Continue reading On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the League warns of the alarming situation regarding the use of torture in Burundi→

The Iteka League has been contacted in recent months by several inmates and some prison staff about the alarming situation of prisoners’ rights. The bitter reality is that information f rom different prisons all confirms an alarming situation in all Continue reading The CNIDH should double its efforts in advocating for the respect of detainees’ rights→

The ITEKA League expresses its deepest concern regarding the increasing threats faced against Faustin Ndikumana, the national director of the NGO PARCEM in Burundi, an NGO that consistently draws the attention of the highest political authorities to poor governance and Continue reading In the face of threats against Faustin Ndikumana, the national director of the NGO PARCEM in Burundi→

The Burundian League for Human Rights Iteka is deeply concerned about the harmful effects of the border closure between Rwanda and Burundi. The consequences of this government decision, which restricts the movement of goods and people between the two countries, Continue reading The Government of Burundi must put an end to the threats of summary execution and open the border with Rwanda→

Within the framework of the UMUSEKE program, human rights organizations, the Burundian League for Human Rights Iteka and King Umurundi Freedom continue to document the humanitarian situation of Congolese refugees and Burundian returnees from the United Republic of Tanzania. Read Continue reading Alert N° 7 : The rights of Burundian returnees from the United Republic of Tanzania must be protected by the Government of Burundi and the HCR.→

The imminent closure of Nduta camp, announced by the Tanzanian authorities, poses a serious and immediate risk of further forced returns of Burundian refugees, in clear violation of the principle of non-refoulement enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention. These returns Continue reading Joint Statement on the Imminent Closure of Nduta Camp and the Forced Repatriation of Burundian Refugees from Tanzania→

Since President Evariste Ndayishimiye came to power in june 2020, the Iteka League has regularly sounded the alarm about a phenomenon of lifeless bodies being found as a carefully thought-out operating procedure. This observation is based on the way, throughout Continue reading The lifeless body of the Minister of Communication, Gabby Bugaga, found: A new case illustrating a carefully thought- out mode of extrajudicial execution which adds to the 2248 cases already documented by the Iteka League.→

Within the framework of UMUSEKE program, human rights organizations, the Burundian League for Human Rights Iteka and King Umurundi Freedom continue to document the humanitarian situation of Congolese refugees who have fled the crisis shaking the East of the DRC. Continue reading The right of voluntary return for Congolese refugees must be preserved by the Government of Burundi and UNHCR→

As part of the UMUSEKE program, human rights organizations, the Burundian Human Rights League (Iteka) and King Umurundi Freedom continue to document the security and human rights situation in the country. Read more

In UMUSEKE program, human rights organizations, the Burundian League for Human Rights Iteka and King Umurundi Freedom continue to raise the alarm about the worrying security situation, which is often a source of massive human rights violations and hinders the Continue reading Paramilitary training at the KIGARIKA seed center located on Ngarama hill, Ruyigi zone, Ruyigi commune in Buhumuza province→