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Censorship
Authorities in Burundi have expanded the suspension of the Voice of America, withdrawn the BBC's operating licence and forbidden citizens from directly or indirectly providing information to the two institutions.
Burundi Highlights
Attacks
Digital Rights
Burundi's landscape, prior to the referendum to revise its constitution, featured divisive language, hate speech, intimidation, threats and violence against the media, including the banning of broadcasting stations.
Censorship
Reporter Jean-Claude Nshimirimana was threatened by the Govenor in Eastern Burundi for airing a story on the discontent amongst teachers and principals who were allegedly requested to pay a voluntary tax to fund the general elections to be held in 2020.
Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
Announcing the decision on 28 September, Burundi's National Council for Communication (CNC) said Radio Publique Africaine, Radio Bonesha, Radio Renaissance and Télévision Renaissance were having their licences rescinded for spending more than three months without broadcasting and for "failing to sort out their judicial status in time."
IFEX
Reporters Without Borders
ARTICLE 19
Burundi
Free Expression & the Law
Freedom of Assembly
9 July 2017
Reporters Without Borders
Burundi
Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
6 April 2017
Human Rights Watch
Impunity
Burundi
Attacks
Censorship
30 January 2017
Reporters Without Borders
Burundi
Censorship
26 October 2016
Human Rights Watch
Reporters Without Borders
Journaliste en danger
Burundi
Attacks
Democratic Republic of Congo
Free Expression & the Law
18 July 2016
Human Rights Watch
Caro Rolando for IFEX
Access to Information
Burundi
Digital Rights
Censorship
11 March 2016
Reporters Without Borders
Burundi
Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
29 January 2016
Freedom House
Burundi
Censorship
26 January 2016
Reporters Without Borders
Burundi
Digital Rights
Censorship
15 January 2016
Freedom House
Burundi
Free Expression & the Law
24 November 2015
International Federation of Journalists
Human Rights Watch
PEN International
Access to Information
Impunity
Burundi
Attacks
5 August 2015
Human Rights Watch
International Press Institute
Access to Information
Burundi
Censorship
22 June 2015
Human Rights Watch
Burundi
Attacks
Freedom of Assembly
1 June 2015
Reporters Without Borders
Burundi
Attacks
Censorship
20 May 2015
Reporters Without Borders
Access to Information
Burundi
Attacks
Censorship
Freedom of Assembly
27 April 2015
Human Rights Watch
Burundi
Free Expression & the Law
19 February 2015
Human Rights Watch
Burundi
Free Expression & the Law
23 January 2015
Human Rights Watch
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