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(iii)
Secret cells on the premises of the National Intelligence Service;
(iv) The bar called “Iwabo Nabantu”, in Kamenge, which belonged to the late
General Nshimirimana;
(v)
The basement of the headquarters of CNDD-FDD at Ngagara;
(vi) The basement of the residences of the Minister of Public Security, Alain
Bunyoni, in Kinanira and Gasekebuye;
(vii) The containers serving as military positions next to the building of the water
supply distribution company, REGIDESO, in Kigobe, close to the National
Assembly;
(viii) The police-manned site known as “Chez Ndadaye”, next to the cemetery of
Ndadaye;
(ix)
The REGIDESO building in Ngangara, near King Khaled Hospital;
(x)
The containers serving as military positions next to the REGIDESO building,
in Kigobe;
G.
(b)
In Ngozi:
(i)
The bar called “Chez Nyamugaruka”, at Vyegwa;
(ii)
The houses of President Nkurunziza in Mwumba commune;
(iii)
The basement of the National Intelligence Service.
Ethnically charged language
73.
Various cases of ethnically divisive language have been documented.
74.
On 24 August 2016, the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide issued a
press statement expressing his concern at the inflammatory statements made by public
officials that could constitute incitement to violence. 16 The Special Adviser referred to a
large number of comments made by public officials and specifically to the statement
published on 16 August on the CNDD-FDD website by the then President of that political
party and President of the National Assembly, Pascal Nyabenda, which the Special Adviser
warned had “the potential to inflame ethnic tensions, both within Burundi and outside its
borders”.17 In his statement, Mr. Nyabenda also suggested that the genocide in Rwanda was
a fabrication of the international community.18
75.
The independent experts are gravely concerned about the general trend of ethnically
divisive rhetoric by the Government, 19 which may lead to the situation spiralling out of
control, including beyond the borders of Burundi. The potential for this to happen is all the
more serious given that the integration of ethnicities was one of the main achievements of
the Arusha Agreement.
76.
The independent experts urge the Government and its officials to refrain from such
acts and call upon all relevant stakeholders, in particular the African Union and the United
16
17
18
19
See www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54757#.V8UilU1f3cs.
Ibid.
See also www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20215&LangID=E.
See CAT/C/BDI/CO/2/Add.1, para. 18.
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