1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 1999: Burundi - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZWfYfGGvVB"><a href="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-burundi/">Attacks on the Press 1999: Burundi</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-burundi/embed/#?secret=ZWfYfGGvVB" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 1999: Burundi” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="ZWfYfGGvVB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Since October 1993, when Tutsi soldiers killed the democratically elected Hutu president, Melchior Ndadaye, successive regimes have used physical and bureaucratic coercion to stifle independent journalism in Burundi. That includes the incumbent strongman Major Pierre Buyoya, who seized power in 1996. Six years into Burundi's civil war, Hutu guerrillas continue to fight the Tutsi-dominated government…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260