"We flee when we see them"

Abuses with impunity at the National Intelligence Service in Burundi

Map of Burundi

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

To the Government of Burundi

To Donor Governments

To the United Nations Operation in Burundi

To the UN Security Council

III. Context

The National Intelligence Service and rule of law..

IV. Extrajudicial executions by the SNR

The killing of Ramazani Nahimana

The killing of Jean-Baptiste Ntahimpereye

The killing of Raymond Nshimirimana

The killing of four men in Kinama

"Disappearances" and killings in Muyinga

V. Torture by agents of the SNR

Torture of suspected FNL supporters

Torture of alleged coup plotters

Legal provisions and government reactions to torture

VI. Illegal detention by agents of the SNR

VII. Training of SNR agents