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At a glance The country has slipped into violence in 2015, following the contested presidential candidacy of Pierre Nkurunziza. The authorities have cracked down on human rights defenders and civil society organisations who conducted peaceful demonstrations. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi documented numerous cases of torture, ill-treatment, extrajudicial executions and sexual violence that were widely used against civilians. The government has used members of the ruling party’s youth wing, as well as the National Intelligence Service (SNR) and police to perpetrate most of the gross human rights violations. This led the International Criminal Court to open an investigation, while many civilians and leading members of the civil society sought asylum in neighbouring countries, including Rwanda. Many others have been subjected to prosecution, arbitrary detentions, lengthy prison terms, and removal from the Bar association.

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