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Home | ALL NEWS | WORLD | Burundi Accused of Arresting Opponents of Constitutional Changes

Burundi Accused of Arresting Opponents of Constitutional Changes

January 16, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Burundi’s government recently proposed constitutional changes that would, among other things, allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay in office beyond 2020. Civil society groups say the government is arresting opponents of those changes in advance of an upcoming referendum. Officially, Burundi’s government has banned anyone from campaigning for or against the proposed changes to the constitution.…



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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Burundi, Political Dissidents

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