“Burundi begins to release the prisoners”
“the east african Burundi released on Friday, the 142 prisoners. It was the first in a group of 3 000 that president Pierre Nkurunziza in december promised to release.”
“According to the government, freed the prisoners in order to encourage reconciliation in the country affected by unrest in 2015, which led to the massgripanden.”
“But the opposition and non-governmental organizations believe that the frisläppandena rather has to do with the fact that the prisons are overcrowded.”
