Update on case of MEA Laureate Mbonimpa in Burundi | Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

Update on case of MEA Laureate Mbonimpa in Burundi

May 29, 2014

reports that on 26 May 2014, the Bujumbura Court of First Instance refused a request for release due to unlawful arrest (Habeas Corpus) filed by human rights defender Mr Pierre Claver Mbonimpa in Burundi. Mbonimpa – Laureate of the MEA in 2007 – has been in detention since 16 May 2014 and is currently being held in the Central Prison of Mpimba. More information on Pierre Claver Mbonimpa’s case is available on http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/25956 and my previous post https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/alert-mea-laureate-2007-pierre-claver-mbonimpa-arrested-in-burundi/.

This entry was posted on May 29, 2014 at 22:28 and is filed under Front Line, Human Rights Defenders.

Tags: Burundi, detention, freedom of expression, Front Line (NGO), Habeas Corpus, Human rights defender, Mbonimpa, MEA, MEA Laureate, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, unlawful arrest

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