Burundi - RSF demands release of two foreign reporters held in Burundi

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands the immediate release two foreign journalists arrested yesterday in the Burundian capital and condemns this latest escalation in media freedom violations in country that is sinking ever deeper into chaos and where the UN now fears a possible genocide. French reporter Jean-Philippe Rémy, who covers Africa for the French daily Le Monde, and British freelance photographer Philip Moore were among a total of 17 persons arrested in Bujumbura yesterday (...)

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