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On
Burundi,
Mbonimpa Tells
ICP There Is
No Media
Freedom,
Protection
Needed
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, April
26 -- With
Burundi troops
accused of
raping
children as
part of UN
Peacekeeping
chief Herve
Ladsous'
MINUSCA
mission in the
Central
African
Republic, as
well as
accused of
abuses in
Burundi
itself, a new
funding
question has
arisen. And
the UN of Ban
Ki-moon moved
to evict Inner
City Press,
which is
asking the
question. It
happened on
April 16, video here and here
(Periscope).
On April 26,
there was a
briefing in
the UN Press
Briefing Room
by Pierre
Claver
Mbonimpa,
Founder of the
Association
for the
Protection of
Human Rights
and
Incarcerated
Persons
(APRODH) and
Agnes Kiromera
Muvira of the
Burundi Women
and Girls’
Movement for
Peace and
Security. Tweeted
photo here.
Inner
City Press
asked about
peacekeepers,
the statement
of media
freedom given
that Ban
offered praise
for Pierre
Nkurunziza
re-opening two
of four closed
radio statios
and later, off
camera, about
the events in
Mugamba, where
Ban's
spokesman has
told Inner
City Press
only three
people were
detained.
Mbonimpa made
an impassioned
plea for a
protection
force,
including that
Burundian
forces outside
of the country
should be
returned. He
said there is
no press
freedom in
Burundi: radio
stations have
been burned
down and 100
journalist are
in exile.
Muvira
told Inner
City Press
after the
formal
briefing ended
that the two
reopened
stations are
not
opposition,
that
commitments as
to coverage
have to be
made. She
described
killing and
detention in
Mugama much
greater than
the UN had
admitted, and
wondered why
the UN of Ban
Ki-moon is not
doing more.
The duo
are to meet
all 15
Security
Council
members, at
the expert
level, on
April 27.
We'll have
more on this.
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