Rights group urges troops for Burundi to prevent genocide
None
UNITED NATIONS- A global human rights umbrella organization is urging Africa, Europe and the United Nations to send a civilian protection force to Burundi to prevent a possible civil war and genocide.
The International Federation for Human Rights, known as FIDH, and Burundian Human Rights League ITEKA said in a report issued Tuesday that the government's recent break with the international community "heralds a new intensification of repression and crimes against citizens who are considered hostile to the regime."
The report cited what it called several "dramatic actions" by Burundi's government. They include the government's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, its denunciation of a U.N. human rights report "damning of the regime," its expulsion of the African Union and three U.N. experts, and its suspension of five Burundi organizations defending human rights, including ITEKA.
