"Every Morning They Beat Me"

Police Abuses in Burundi

Map of Burundi

I. Summary

Methodology

II. Recommendations

To the Government of Burundi

To Donor Partners

To the UN Peacebuilding Fund

III. Events in Rutegama Commune

Interrogation, Torture and Ill-Treatment

Paying for freedom..

Police Brutality and Intimidation of Local Residents

IV. Background

The Burundian National Police

V. The Official Response to Reports of Human Rights Violations

Professionalism and Impunity

VI. International and Burundian National Law..

VII. Response by International Actors

VIII. Annex: Documented Cases of Police Abuse in Rutegama Commune