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What is the human rights situation in Burundi and what measures need to take place?

10. desember, kl. 18:00-19:30
Amnesty International Norway og Fellesrådet for Afrika
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On 10 December The Norwegian Council for Africa and Amnesty International Norway has the pleasure of inviting you to an online conversation on the current situation in Burundi and the case of Germain Rukuki who is sentenced to 32 years in prison for his human rights work.

Since Evariste Ndayishimiye took on the presidency in Burundi after Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this year, UN-appointed investigators have issued new warnings about ongoing human rights violations and impunity in the country. Members of Burundi's ruling party's youth league, the Imbonerakure, are often working with the national intelligence service, local officials and the police to carry out widespread human rights abuses. What is happening in the country and how can the international community help hold the government accountable?

Civil society and independent media have been specifically targeted and several journalists have been arrested and charged. One of the people from civil society who has been arrested is Germain Rukuki who worked at a local organization called "Action by Christians for Abolition of Torture". In 2018 he was sentenced to 32 years in prison for "threatening state security". This is happening in one of the poorest countries in the world, where 74 percent of the population "lives in multidimensional poverty" due to systemic economic mismanagement. What are the measures that need to take place to improve the situation for Burundian citizens?

In the panel:

- Carine Kaneza Nantulya, Africa Advocacy Director within the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch. Before this she was the spokesperson for the Women and Girls Movement for Peace and Security in Burundi

- Chantal Mutamuriza, founder of ACAT-Burundi, an organization Germain volunteered for in his youth and worked for. She witnessed Germain’s early years of engagement to promote and protect human rights in Burundi.

- Representative from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Moderator will be the director for The Norwegian Council for Africa, Aurora Nereid.

Germain’s case is a part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign. We encourage all of you to sign the petition and demand that Germain is released unconditionally now:
https://www.amnesty.org/.../w4r-2020-burundi-germain-rukuki/

NOTE: We will share the link to the event shortly before it begins. The link will be shared by Amnesty International Norway and the Norwegian Council for Africa and we will not ask for any password information or payment. If you see any other links claiming to share the stream, please do not click on them as they are fake.

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