Rights group urges troops for Burundi to prevent genocide
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.