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Regional lawyers urge ICC action on Burundi

The East African Law Society has called on International Criminal Court to initiate investigations into possible crimes against humanity in Burundi.

The lawyers have called for the investigations of possible murders, torture and enforced disappearance of persons.

The group says that despite the government imposed total ban on the media in Burundi, it continues to receive gruesome pictures of bodies of persons killed and dumped on the streets of the capital city Bujumbura.

“It is the hope of the East Africa Law Society that your office shall immediately initiate investigations into the ongoing potential crimes against humanity being committed in the Republic of Burundi,” the group said in a statement to the media houses.