BURUNDI. UN REPORTS 34 SUMMARY EXECUTIONS IN BURUNDI IN JULY

the United Nations announced in Bujumbura that a total of 34 summary executions of civilians reportedly occurred in Burundi just in July 2005.
Military observers at the United Nations Operation in Burundi (UNOB) announced the figures. The epicentre of human rights violations was in Bujumbura Rural, a province west of the Burundian capital where the war between the government army and the rebel National Liberation Front (FNL) was still ongoing. Civilians were oftentimes killed after being accused of collaborating with the enemy in the unending civil war in the province, UN sources added.
Ismail Diallo, head of the human rights protection unit at UNOB, used a press conference here to criticise government forces for not facilitating access and investigation work by UN military observer teams deployed on the ground. The UN diplomat also deplored the callous means used to violate human rights, such as mutilations, immolation by fire and summary executions.