blood running from drain Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/blood-running-from-drain/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 blood running from drain Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/blood-running-from-drain/ 32 32 A house of killing and torture uncovered in Burundi https://jjcornish.com/2018/12/a-house-of-killing-and-torture-uncovered-in-burundi/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/12/a-house-of-killing-and-torture-uncovered-in-burundi/ The BBC’s reporting that Burundi’s security services are running secret torture and detention sites to silence dissent. Burundian authorities have refused to comment on the report based on testimony of former government intelligence agents. The government in Bujumbura has repeatedly denied any human rights violations. It also discounted reports in 2016 on social media that […]

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]]> The BBC’s reporting that Burundi’s security services are running secret torture and detention sites to silence dissent.

Burundian authorities have refused to comment on the report based on testimony of former government intelligence agents.

The government in Bujumbura has repeatedly denied any human rights violations.

It also discounted reports in 2016 on social media that blood was running from a  drain in house in the Burundi capital where critics of President Pierre Nkurunziza were tortured and killed.

BBC Africa Eye has spoken to a former occupant of the house who says it was take over by state intelligence operatives after he fled the country because he opposed the president’s seeking an unconstitutional third term in power.

The report also features accounts of people detained there who saw and heard people being killed and tortured.

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