1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2000: Burundi - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="rtYszaMfG4"><a href="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-burundi/">Attacks on the Press 2000: Burundi</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-burundi/embed/#?secret=rtYszaMfG4" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2000: Burundi” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="rtYszaMfG4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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IN 1996, MAJ. PIERRE BUYOYA SEIZED POWER and promised a quick end to Burundi's murderous civil war, which has taken more than 200,000 lives since 1993 and now consumes 50 percent of the national budget. His promises remained unfulfilled last year, leaving local journalists victims of and sometimes actors in a poisonous communal conflict. Amid…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260