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    <title>IFEX - Burundi</title>
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    <description>Burundi</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Three questions to Radio Publique Africaine manager Eric Manirakiza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/12/16/rpa_interview/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF asked Manirakiza about the situation of journalists in Burundi, which has worsened markedly this year, and about the government's increasing harassment of the media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/12/16/rpa_interview/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Intelligence agents arrest radio reporter for allegedly aiding rebels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/11/30/ruvakuki_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hassan Ruvakuki's arrest may have been prompted by Bonesha FM's broadcast of an interview with a Burundian citizen who identified himself as commander of a new rebel group in eastern Burundi.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/11/30/ruvakuki_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Summonses, threats and harassment part of everyday life for privately-owned media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/11/17/media_outlets_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Attacks on press freedom have increased since the massacre in Gatumba at the end of September and have become almost daily in recent days," says RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/11/17/media_outlets_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Government urged to strengthen support for national human rights commission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/10/07/rights_commission/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The support is especially crucial because the UN Human Rights Council has ended the mandate of its independent expert on the human rights situation, says Human Rights Watch. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/10/07/rights_commission/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalists defy media blackout on Gatumba massacre]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/10/05/media_blackout/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists are courageously defying a government order not to report on the Gatumba shooting massacre that left more than 35 people dead in Burundi last month, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). It appears to be part of a pattern of censorship.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/10/05/media_blackout/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Authorities urged to lift news blackout imposed after Gatumba massacre]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/09/27/media_blackout/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorities have banned all live broadcasts of a political nature for one month and forbidden the media from covering the official inquiry launched into the massacre.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/09/27/media_blackout/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Government extinguishes criticism with legal harassment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/08/17/government_behind_legal_harassment/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With a judiciary vulnerable to political interference, Burundian authorities have been behind a series of politically motivated arrests and summonses of journalists and lawyers to muffle public criticism, report Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/08/17/government_behind_legal_harassment/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Government critics face repeated arrests, questioning]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/08/12/lawyers_journalists_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the release of two of three lawyers arrested since mid-July was a positive step, the government should immediately end the harassment of both lawyers and journalists, Human Rights Watch and CPJ said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/08/12/lawyers_journalists_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Radio journalists repeatedly summoned, fuelling hostile climate for media freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/08/02/hostile_climate_radio/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) and Radio Isanganiro, which are critical of the government, are being singled out by the authorities, says RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/08/02/hostile_climate_radio/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Online newspaper editor freed after 10 months in detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/05/18/kavumbagu_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Claude Kavumbagu was acquitted on a charge of treason for questioning in an article whether the country would be able to protect itself against a terrorist attack by Somalia's Islamist militia Al-Shabaab.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/05/18/kavumbagu_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - State prosecutor seeks life sentence against online journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/04/15/kavumbagu_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, who has been imprisoned since July 2010 over a column critical of the country's security forces, faces a life sentence on a charge of treason.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/04/15/kavumbagu_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Two years after activist slain, justice stalled

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/04/13/manirumva_anniversary/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government refused to issue a permit to a group of Burundian organizations that requested authorization to hold a silent protest march on the anniversary of Ernest Manirumva's killing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/04/13/manirumva_anniversary/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Lifting ban on activist group a positive step, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/02/03/ban_lifted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The ban on the Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society was lifted after the government responded positively to the group's efforts to reengage in dialogue.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2011/02/03/ban_lifted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - CPJ meets with jailed journalist, calls for his release]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/12/14/kavumbagu_release_call/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ made the call at a press conference marking the end of a four-day mission to Burundi.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/12/14/kavumbagu_release_call/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Two newspaper journalists held for 48 hours ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/11/09/iwacu_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Elyse Ngabire and Dieudonné Hakizimana were not given access to their lawyer during their  arbitrary detention. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/11/09/iwacu_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Radio station staff arrested, harassed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/10/05/rps_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF condemned the recent harassment of RPA employees by the authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/10/05/rps_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalists face legal action and trumped-up charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/08/18/security_defamation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Burundian journalist critical of state security forces faces life in prison if convicted, after being arrested and charged with treason on 17 July, report Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). A month later, another journalist was arrested, imprisoned and charged with defamation after writing an article about government corruption, says Journaliste en danger (JED).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/08/18/security_defamation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalist released provisionally after three days in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/08/13/ndayishimiye_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thierry Ndayishimiye is accused of "defamation" relating to the director general of the national electricity company.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/08/13/ndayishimiye_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Editor arrested and detained on "defamation" charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/08/12/journalist_in_prison/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thierry Ndayishimiye denounced the alleged embezzlement in the country's national water and electricity company. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/08/12/journalist_in_prison/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Online journalist faces life in prison on treason charge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/07/20/kavumbagu_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested over commentary critical of the country's security forces.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/07/20/kavumbagu_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalists under threat from mounting violence, political unrest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/06/21/ndayishimiye_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF is concerned about growing threats to the safety of journalists in the run-up to the presidential election.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/06/21/ndayishimiye_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalists attacked and human rights researcher silenced during election violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/06/02/researcher_silenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Political violence has intensified in Burundi with members of political groups settling scores just as a series of elections have begun to take place in the country, says Human Rights Watch in its latest report. In a punitive response, days after the report on election violence was released on 14 May, authorities ordered a Human Rights Watch researcher to leave the country by 5 June. Journalists covering election battles have also been attacked.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/06/02/researcher_silenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Government cancels work permit of Human Rights Watch researcher]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/05/20/researcher_expelled/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government made its decision following Human Rights Watch's publication of a report on pre-election violence in the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2010/05/20/researcher_expelled/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Critics silenced; network of 146 NGOs banned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/12/02/civil_society_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Burundian authorities outlawed a network of 146 civil society organisations on 23 November, following weeks of intimidation and threats to civil society activists who were demanding accountability for killings in 2009, report Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) in a joint statement. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/12/02/civil_society_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Reverse ban on civil society group, Human Rights Watch urges ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/11/26/forsc_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the first nongovernmental organization to be banned in Burundi, a worrisome development as the country gears up for presidential elections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/11/26/forsc_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalist summoned after radio show reveals public criticism of judicial authorities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/07/29/ndayiragije_summoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Radio host Jean Bosco Ndayiragije was summoned to appear at the prosecutor's office following a report broadcast on his station that criticised judicial authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/07/29/ndayiragije_summoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalist receives death threats from senior official]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/07/20/niyonkuru_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Marc Niyonkuru, a correspondent for Radio Isanganiro, has received death threats from Pasteur Bucumi, Director General of City Planning.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/07/20/niyonkuru_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - News website editor Jean-Claude Kavumbagu acquitted of defamation after six months in detention]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/03/20/news_website_editor_jean_claude/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(JED/IFEX) - On 18 March 2009, Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the Net Press news website, was acquitted of defaming Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and released from Mpimba central prison, where he has been detained since 11 September 2008. The decision to release the editor was made the night before, but the procedure took 24 hours.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:44:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2009/03/20/news_website_editor_jean_claude/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi -  Website editor jailed for reporting on president's extravagant spending during Beijing trip ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2008/09/12/website_editor_jailed_for_reporting/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, the editor of the Net Press news website ( http://www.netpress.bi/ ), who was arrested and jailed on 11 September 2008 for allegedly defaming the government in a report about how much the president spent on his visit to the Beijing Olympic Games.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2008/09/12/website_editor_jailed_for_reporting/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - PUBLIC BROADCASTER EMPLOYEES ATTACKED]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2008/05/20/public_broadcaster_employees_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) are calling on the Burundi government to investigate two separate attacks last week that killed one employee of the country's public broadcaster and left another staff member wounded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:27:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2008/05/20/public_broadcaster_employees_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ - State TV employee killed; cameraman narrowly escapes death in separate attack ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/killings/2008/05/13/state_tv_employee_killed_cameraman/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders calls on the Burundian authorities to thoroughly investigate the 12 May 2008 murder of Cécile Ndikumana, an employee of the sales department of state-owned Radio Télévision Nationale du Burundi (RTNB), and the attempted murder of RTNB cameraman Hilaire Minani in a separate incident the same day.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:07:38 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/killings/2008/05/13/state_tv_employee_killed_cameraman/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Group of demobilised soldiers raids privately-owned radio station ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2008/02/14/group_of_demobilised_soldiers_raids/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(JED/IFEX) - On 1 February 2008, a group of individuals including five demobilised soldiers of the Burundian army raided Radio publique africaine (RPA), a privately-owned radio station based in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. Witnesses told JED that "the demobilised soldiers belonged to the faction of the Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie-Force pour la défense de la démocratie (CNDD-FDD)&quot;, the ruling party.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2008/02/14/group_of_demobilised_soldiers_raids/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - COURT QUASHES CHARGES AGAINST JOURNALISTS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2007/01/10/court_quashes_charges_against_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A court in Burundi has thrown out charges against three journalists accused by the government of threatening national security, a move hailed by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:51:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2007/01/10/court_quashes_charges_against_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Court acquits radio journalists charged with "endangering security"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2007/01/04/court_acquits_radio_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 3 January 2007 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:04:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2007/01/04/court_acquits_radio_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Prosecutor seeks three-year prison sentences for three journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/19/prosecutor_seeks_three_year_prison/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(MFWA/IFEX) - Three radio journalists in Burundi face prison sentences if found guilty on charges resulting from material they broadcast a few months ago.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:55:46 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/19/prosecutor_seeks_three_year_prison/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - GOVERNMENT TARGETS CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/13/government_targets_civil_society/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The human rights situation in Burundi appears to be deteriorating, with a growing number of civil society activists and independent journalists arrested and harassed in recent months, report Human Rights Watch, Journaliste en danger (JED), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:10:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/13/government_targets_civil_society/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Anti-graft activist arrested, charged with defaming businessman; peace activist tried over letter to president, awaiting verdict; trial date set for radio journalists charged for reports on fake coup plot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/12/anti_graft_activist_arrested_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(HRW/IFEX) - The following is an 11 December 2006 Human Rights Watch press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 12:47:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/12/anti_graft_activist_arrested_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalist summoned by prosecutor goes missing; IFJ calls for end of intimidation campaign against independent journalism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/11/journalist_summoned_by_prosecutor/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 5 December 2006 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/11/journalist_summoned_by_prosecutor/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Bonesha FM director summoned by prosecutor ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/05/bonesha_fm_director_summoned_by/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF is outraged by the wave of arrests of journalists in the capital city, Bujumbura. In the latest incident, on 1 December 2006, the director of the privately-owned radio station Bonesha FM, Corneille Nibaratu, was summoned by the public prosecutor, a prelude to his probable incarceration in Mpimba central prison.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:32:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/12/05/bonesha_fm_director_summoned_by/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Third radio journalist jailed in growing crackdown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/11/30/third_radio_journalist_jailed_in/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 29 November 2006 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:47:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/11/30/third_radio_journalist_jailed_in/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Prosecutor questions journalists on sources in aborted coup case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/11/30/prosecutor_questions_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(JED/IFEX) - On 28 November 2006, Bob Rugurika and Christelle Ruvari, journalists with the Bujumbura-based, privately-owned radio station Radio publique africaine (RPA), were questioned by the Bujumbura Prosecutor's Office.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:05:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/11/30/prosecutor_questions_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Two more journalists summoned in case of alleged coup plot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/11/28/two_more_journalists_summoned_in/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 23 November 2006 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:32:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Burundi - Journalists imprisoned for "violating judicial secrecy"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/11/23/journalists_imprisoned_for_violating/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(JED/IFEX) - On 22 November 2006, Serges Nibizi, an executive producer with the independent Bujumbura-based radio station Radio publique africaine (RPA), and Domitile Kiramvu, a journalist with the station, were arrested on orders of the Bujumbura Prosecutor's Office. The two were later transferred to the Mpimba central prison, where they are currently being held.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:42:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/burundi/2006/11/23/journalists_imprisoned_for_violating/</guid>
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