Burundi - Government seeks extradition of seven persecuted journalists

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the requests made Tuesday by Burundi's supreme court for the extradition of seven Burundian journalist for alleged complicity in a coup attempt on 13 May 2015, before they fled to neighbouring countries. In a communiqué addressed to the international community, the court described the seven journalists, who worked for the country's most prominent media outlets, as “putschists” and “insurgent allies” and called on the host countries to arrest them and (...)

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