Interim report of the Independent Expert on the Human Rights Situation in Burundi, Akich Okola

Covers the Independent Expert's 6th and 7th visits, undertaken from 7-14 Oct. 2006 and 14-27 Jan., respectively; addresses the general situation in Burundi with a special focus on the implementation by the Government of programmes aimed at providing universal free primary education and access to free health care for children under 5 years of age and expectant mothers; the political situation, including the signature of a comprehensive ceasefire agreement between the Government and the Forces nationales pour la libération on 7 Sept. 2006; the arrest, detention and acquittal of the alleged coup plotters; the arrests and killings in Muyinga between May and Aug. 2006 and the judicial investigation thereon.

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