Journalist and human rights defender Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested for treason on 17 July 2010 in connection with the publication of two articles about the Burundian army. Jean-Claude Kavumbagu is editor of the online news agency, Net Press.
On 14 December 2009, human rights defender, Mr Ennaama Asfari was released after serving a four-month sentence in prison, having been found guilty of "contempt toward public officials while in the performance of their duty”.
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