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Human Rights Watch on the deadly consequences of UN wishful thinking in Congo
UN Congo chief William Swing withheld evidence of DRC government atrocities From Human Rights Watch The United Nations and a number of bilateral donors invested significant financial and political...
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UN mediators fooled again by LRA leader Joseph Kony
From the Institute of War and Peace Reporting After announcing that he would sign a peace deal with the Ugandan government on Saturday, November 29, Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony again drew a crowd...
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Titanic Express case to feature in Channel Four short tomorrow evening
At 7.55pm on Monday evening I’ll be on Channel Four, in the first of a series of short films for the week of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I’ll be...
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New blog dedicated to securing the release of Alexis Sinduhije
Earlier this week, members of the Burundian diaspora and their supporters demonstrated in Brussels, calling on the European Union – a major aid donor to Burundi’s government – to help secure the...
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Alison Des Forges
Earlier this week I had an invitation to a public meeting in London at which the renowned Human Rights Watch investigator Alison Des Forges would be speaking. Alison had taken a close interest in the...
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Aid donors press Burundi to free Jean-Claude and Alexis
As I reported last year, two of the Burundians whose work informed my first book “Titanic Express” are now Amnesty International “Prisoners of Conscience”. The journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was...
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“A victory for truth and justice”– Burundi opposition leader Alexis Sinduhije...
See also: Alexis Sinduhije jailed for “insulting the President” Alexis Sinduhije speaks about his activism in an interview last year -Update - the MSD say that Alexis is now free following his...
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Alexis Sinduhije thanks European nations for pressure to secure his release
From Reuters BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – A political activist jailed in Burundi four months ago for insulting President Pierre Nkurunziza was freed on Thursday and thanked Western nations which had pushed...
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Reported assassination attempt against Alexis Sinduhije
A few days ago I wrote about the release of Burundi opposition leader (and former journalist) Alexis Sinduhije, who I describe meeting in my book “Titanic Express”, and who has been very supportive...
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Jean-Claude Kavumbagu freed
Last year I wrote about the arrest of the Burundian journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, who was charged with “defamation” after his news agency wrote about President Nkurunziza’s personal expenditure at...
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African Union sends man who oversaw 300,000 deaths in South Africa to...
Hot on the heels of its anguished denunciation of the international indictment of Sudanese President Omar Bashir over war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, the African Union has further...
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A Place At the Table – Camden People’s Theatre April 16th – May 2nd
From Indie London DAEDALUS Theatre is presenting A Place at the Table at Camden People’s Theatre – from April 15 to May 2, 2009… A Place at the Table draws on Burundian traditions and mythology and...
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Alexis Sinduhije detained (again) – reportedly on the orders of Burundi’s...
Alexis’s release earlier this year. He was detained again this week. Alexis Sinduhije is a former Burundian journalist who I’ve been in contact with over my sister’s case for a number of years, and...
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Cat-and-mouse game continues: Alexis Sinduhije re-released
For more background on this, see yesterday’s post From Agence France Press BUJUMBURA — Burundian police on Tuesday freed an opposition leader they had confined to a relative’s house since the weekend...
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Self-censorship
I thought it was about time I published this. Readers should know that I dispute several of the assertions made by Breco in the message below, and am very doubtful about many others. You should also be...
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Marking time – December 28th 2010
Video piece about Charlotte’s murder – “Rights Universal”, Channel 4, 2008 *UPDATE* – Amnesty International have issued an “Urgent Action” calling for Jean-Claude Kavumbagu’s release. The Committee to...
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A Place At The Table, 2nd – 19th November 2011
My good friend Paul Burgess has lined up this new run of the theatre piece he produced last year with a little bit of input from me. Here’s the blurb: In this powerful theatrical response to the...
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Is it ever OK not to forgive?
The print edition of this month’s Prospect Magazine has an article from me on forgiveness. It’s a huge subject, but the particular focus of my piece is the pressure faced by victims of extreme violence...
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Gatumba massacre campaign round-up + Agathon Rwasa’s attempt to un-claim...
In August 2004 over 150 Congolese Tutsi refugees were massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. Over half of those killed were children, shot, hacked and burned to death in what survivors...
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