Burundi dismisses planned UN inquiry into killings and torture
NAIROBI - Burundi's government has dismissed a UN decision to set up a commission of inquiry to identify perpetrators of killings and torture, saying it was based on a one-sided account of events in the African nation.
The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Friday to set up the commission, saying it would build on a report by UN experts who looked into the suspected torture and murder of government opponents. The experts have drawn up a list of suspects.
Burundi has been mired in political crisis and sporadic violence for more than a year, triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term in office, which he secured in a disputed election in July 2015.
Opposition figures and government officials have frequently been killed in tit-for-tat attacks, while hundreds of government opponents have been rounded up and detained.
