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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12405
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Burundi

European Parliament strongly condemns restrictions on freedom of expression in run-up to May elections

In a resolution adopted on Thursday 16 January in Strasbourg, the European Parliament strongly condemns restrictions on freedom of expression, restrictions on civil liberties, large-scale human rights violations, intimidation and arbitrary arrests of journalists and broadcasting bans in Burundi.

MEPs recall that Burundi is bound to respect the essential elements of the Cotonou Agreement (human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law) and therefore urge the Burundian authorities to...

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