Burundi has been gripped by political strife since Pierre Nkurunziza sought and won
France’s foreign ministry has said that Burundi is losing credibility over promises to respect human rights and has taken the wrong decision in banning UN investigators from its territory.
The investigators are linked to a report which identified Burundian officials suspected of ordering the torture and killing of political opponents.
The Reuters news agency quotes France’s foreign ministry spokesman Romain Nadal:
France deplores the decision by the Burundi authorities to declare personae non gratae the three members of the independent experts mission on the human rights situation in Burundi.
This decision harms the credibility of Burundi’s commitment to respect human rights.”
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