Burundi arrests 24 in anti-gay crackdown

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 05, 2023 12:00 am

Nairobi, Kenya: Twenty-four people have been arrested in Burundi as part of a security crackdown on 'homosexual practices', a judicial source and an activist told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday (Saturday in Manila).

The arrests took place on February 23 in the political capital Gitega, where members of MUCO Burundi, a non-profit organisation that focuses on HIV/AIDS, were attending a seminar, an activist told AFP on condition of anonymity, citing fear of reprisals.

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye delivers a speech at his swearing-in ceremony in Gitega, Burundi, on June 18, 2020. Twenty-four people have been arrested in Burundi as part of a security crackdown on 'homosexual practices', a judicial source and an activist told Agence France-Presse on Friday, March 3, 2023. XINHUA PHOTO

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