TAGS: Individuals at Risk, Urgent Action Network • Censorship and Free Speech, Human Rights Defenders, Illegal and Indefinite Detention, Press Freedom • Africa, Burundi •
Good News! – Burundi: Prominent Journalist Released (UA 17/15)
March 6, 2015
Journalist Bob Rugurika was released on bail on 19 February 2015 after being detained for a month. The Bujumbura Court of Appeal ordered his provisional release on 18 February 2015 with his bail set at Burundi francs 15,000,000 (around 9,430 US$). He was released on condition that he appears monthly before the relevant investigating magistrate and does not leave the country without the magistrate’s authorization.
