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Home > Burundi/Rwanda: Amnesty cautions Bujumbura over executions

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Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 02:00
Categories: 
Human rights [2]
Issue Number: 
146 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Amnesty International has expressed concern over the prospect of renewed judicial executions in Burundi, following a speedy trial of four Rwandan men over a bank robbery that took place on 29 January in the capital, Bujumbura. In a statement, Amnesty said on Monday that the Rwandans were at imminent risk of execution. The men were tried on 23 February over the bank robbery during which one person died and a large amount of money stolen.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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Country: 
Rwanda [6]

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