“Given the
country's history, the danger of the crime of genocide also looms
large,” said a Tuesday report by three independent UN experts,
adding that in Burundi, some “gross human rights violations have
[taken] and are taking place, committed primarily by state agents and
those linked to them.”
The UN Human
Rights Council tasked the team of the three in January with a probe
into cases of rights abuses in Burundi, eight months after violence
erupted in the country over a controversial decision by President
Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term. Nkurunziza won the votes
in July despite fierce opposition and rampant street demonstrations.
At least
1,000 deaths, including 564 cases of executions between April 26,
2015 and August 30, 2016, have been verified, the experts said,
adding that torture, sexual abuse and arbitrary detention have
happened "on a massive scale."
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