2007 Laureate Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa detained

May 23, 2014

Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa, the 2007 Martin Ennals Award Laureate, has been detained since 16 May 2014. He was arrested for reporting on the training of Burundian men in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


The Martin Ennals Foundation calls for the release of Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa who was simply exercising his right to free speech.

For more details see reports below:

http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/25956

http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/17/burundi-leading-rights-activist-arrested

http://www.omct.org/human-rights-defenders/urgent-interventions/burundi/2014/05/d22680/

http://www.fidh.org/fr/afrique/burundi/15364-burundi-detention-arbitraire-de-m-pierre-claver-mbonimpa