Burundi: Missteps at a Crucial Moment

A Human Rights Watch Report

November 4, 2005

Summary

Context

The 2005 elections

Power struggle inside the FNL

Abuses by the FNL since the Establishment of the New Government

Abuses by Government Forces Under the New Government

Abuses by government soldiers against suspected FNL collaborators

Abuses by Agents of the Documentation Nationale

Reactions of Government Authorities

International and Burundian National Law

Role of the International Community

Recommendations

To the Government of Burundi

To the National Liberation Forces (FNL)

To the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB)

To Donor Governments

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