14.06.2008 - Source:US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

"World Refugee Survey 2008"

Annual report on conditions affecting refugees and asylum seekers in 2007 [ID 99924]

02.07.2008 - Source:Freedom House 

"Freedom in the World 2008"

Annual survey of political rights and civil liberties 2007 [ID 99561]

22.06.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 16 - 22 Jun 2008" , Author: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Weekly update on humanitarian situation (16 - 22 June 2008) [ID 99213]

17.06.2008 - Source:UK Home Office

"Country of Origin Information Key Documents; Burundi"

Background information and index to key source documents on Burundi [ID 99175]

17.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Cantonment of rebel FNL fighters set to begin"

Bubanza Province: Last active rebel leader, Agathon Rwasa, has declared the end of the armed struggle against the government at a ceremony to mark the formal start of the cantonment of his fighters [ID 98915]

19.06.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Burundi arrests 'rebel recruits'"

Army says it has arrested more than 100 recruits of the country's last active rebel group [ID 98716]

19.06.2008 - Source:World Organisation Against Torture 

"Steadfast in Protest; Annual Report 2007" , Author: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Annual report on the situation of human rights defenders and on obstacles to freedom of association in 2007 [ID 98674]

07.04.2004 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Whether members of the Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People (PALIPEHUTU) and the National Liberation Forces (FNL) in Bujumbura and at road blocks outside the city extort money from civilians and provide them with 'a payment receipt' to prevent further extortion; treatment of supporters or suspected supporters of the FNL by the government authorities (2000-April 2004) [BDI42593.FE]"

Query response on whether members of the Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People (PALIPEHUTU) and the National Liberation Forces (FNL) in Bujumbura and at road blocks outside the city extort money from civilians and provide them with 'a payment receipt' to prevent further extortion; treatment of supporters or suspected supporters of the FNL by the government authorities [ID 98669]

22.01.2007 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Citizenship legislation; procedures for obtaining citizenship; whether dual citizenship is possible and, if so, how to obtain it; procedures for renouncing citizenship and the necessary documents; grounds for revoking citizenship [BDI102295.FE]"

Query response on citizenship legislation; procedures for obtaining citizenship; whether dual citizenship is possible and, if so, how to obtain it; procedures for renouncing citizenship and the necessary documents; grounds for revoking citizenship [ID 98661]

29.10.2007 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Situation of Hutu women born abroad to Burundian parents (2005-2007) [BDI102641.E]"

Query response on the situation of Hutu women born abroad to Burundian parents [ID 98659]

24.01.2008 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"Whether a person's name varies based on his or her origin, and particularly whether a name ending in "a" in the northeast of the country ends in "o" in the province of Bujumbura; whether a person called "Seromba" in the province of Kirundo would have the same name in the province of Bujumbura [BDI102739.FE]"

Query response on whether a person's name varies based on his or her origin, and particularly whether a name ending in "a" in the northeast of the country ends in "o" in the province of Bujumbura; whether a person called "Seromba" in the province of Kirundo would have the same name in the province of Bujumbura [ID 98657]

26.02.2008 - Source:Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 

"The ethnicity of a person born of a Tutsi mother and a Hutu father or vice versa; the treatment of people born of mixed couples by members of these two ethnic groups; state protection available [BDI102766.FE]"

Query response on the ethnicity of a person born of a Tutsi mother and a Hutu father or vice versa; the treatment of people born of mixed couples by members of these two ethnic groups; state protection available [ID 98656]

17.06.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Constitutional Court Decision Unseats 22 Lawmakers"

22 independent members of the National Assembly ousted by the Constitutional Court; they were elected as members of the ruling National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD), left the party or were expelled; other independent deputies supporting government can stay in power [ID 98614]

12.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Rebel leader's return a boon for peace prospects"

Bujumbura: FNL rebel leader Rwasa returned from exile to take part in peace talks [ID 98539]

04.06.2008 - Source:US Department of State 

"Trafficking in Persons Report 2008"

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008 [ID 98239]

11.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"FNL rebels 'still recruiting children'"

Bubanza province, Musigati, Rugazi and Gihanga communes: According to senior official, Forces nationales de libération (FNL), Burundi's last active armed opposition group, has continued to recruit children into its ranks despite recent moves to end rebellion [ID 98223]

16.05.2008 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Urgent Action 131/08 [AFR 16/002/2008]"

Scores of civilians suspected of supporting an armed opposition group have been arrested by police since the start of April, and are at grave risk of torture [ID 98203]

11.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Displaced civilians back home in Kabezi"

Thousands of civilians who fled their homes near Burundian capital of Bujumbura in May, following clashes between the army and opposition fighters, have returned to their villages [ID 98181]

10.06.2008 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Grappling with widespread sexual abuse"

Bujumbura: According to League Iteka, Burundian human rights group, cases of rape resulting from fighting between Forces Nationales de Libération (FNL) and government troops have increased over past 5 months; number of victims younger than 18 rises; low rate of successful prosecutions for sexual crimes [ID 98171]

29.05.2008 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Burundi: Release Civilians Detained Without Charge"

Police and judicial officials should immediately release the scores of persons still detained solely as suspected members of a movement long opposed to the government, HRW said [ID 97868]

27.05.2008 - Source:International Committee of the Red Cross 

"Annual Report 2007"

Annual Report 2007 [ID 97788]

30.05.2008 - Source:BBC News 

"Top exiled Burundi rebel returns"

Leader of Burundi's last active rebel group, National Liberation Forces (FNL), returns from exile in Tanzania 4 days after ceasefire has been signed [ID 97733]

25.05.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Burundi Weekly Humanitarian News, 19-25 May 2008" , Author: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Update on situation in country from 19 to 25 May 2008 (repatriation of Burundian refugees, Burundians expelled from Tanzania, protection and reintegration of returnees, expulsions in Muyinga province, Internally Displaced Persons in Magara area) [ID 97610]

28.05.2008 - Source:ReliefWeb

"Burundi army and rebels clash despite truce, 2 dead" , Author: Reuters Foundation

According to military, government troops shot dead 2 Forces for National Liberation (FNL) rebels in clashes 2 days after both sides agreed on truce [ID 97609]

15.05.2008 - Source:UN Security Council 

"Third report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi [S/2008/330]"

Report of the UN-Secretary-General on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (Peace process, security situation, political developments, democratic governance, media, security sector reform and disarmament, human rights, justice sector reform, child protection, gender, humanitarian and economic situation) [ID 97565]