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Deterioration in human rights, UN envoy says

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    The UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burundi, Marie-Therese Keita, says the human rights situation has deteriorated due to the civil war in the country. She told a press briefing in Geneva following a recent mission to Burundi that “civilians are denied their basic right to live”. According to AFP, she also expressed concern over some 300,000 people who have been regrouped into camps in Bujumbura Rural for security reasons. She condemned prison conditions, claiming male and female prisoners were not separated.

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