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Hounded

Radio journalists repeatedly summoned, fuelling hostile climate for media freedom

Published on 29 July 2011Read

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Acquitted of treason

Online newspaper editor freed after 10 months in detention

Published on 17 May 2011Read

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Prosecutor requests life imprisonment for online newspaper editor

Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked to learn that deputy prosecutor Marc Ndabakeshimana today asked a Bujumbura court to sentence (...)

Published on 13 April 2011 Read

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Two newspaper journalists held for 48 hours without being told why

Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the way the authorities are treating two journalists employed by the newspaper Iwacu, Elyse Ngabire and (...)

Published on 7 November 2010 Read

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Judges keep editor in detention

Reporters Without Borders is disappointed that a Bujumbura court decided today to maintain Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, the editor of the online (...)

Published on 6 September 2010 Read

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Editor released provisionally after being held for two days on libel charge

Reporters Without Borders welcomes yesterday’s provisional release of Thierry Ndayishimiye, the editor of the weekly Arc-en-ciel, after two days (...)

Published on 13 August 2010 Read

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Pro-government radio station’s disturbing comments

Reporters Without Borders is astonished that the National Council for Communication (CNC), the media regulatory body, has ignored a joint letter (...)

Published on 25 June 2010 Read

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Journalists under threat from mounting violence and political unrest

Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about growing threats to the safety of journalists in Burundi in the run-up to the 28 June (...)

Published on 16 June 2010 Read

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Three radio journalists freed after being acquitted in court

Reporters Without Borders hailed the release today of Serge Nibizi, the editor-in-chief of privately-owned Radio Publique Africaine (RPA), (...)

Published on 4 January 2007 Read

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Judges trying three radio journalists urged not to be accomplices to press freedom violations

Reporters Without Borders today call on Burundi’s judicial authorities to release three radio journalists whose trial on charges of “disseminating (...)

Published on 13 December 2006 Read