GENEVA - U.N. experts are urging Burundi’s president to keep the promises he made when he assumed power in June to improve the country’s human rights record. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has submitted a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on the prevailing situation in the country. The verdict is still out on whether President Evariste Ndayishimiye will become a champion of human rights or continue the repressive policies of his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza. First and foremost, he says, is to stop human rights violations and fight impunity. It says the government must create an environment in which human rights defenders and political opponents can operate in safety and without fear of being arbitrarily arrested or forcibly disappeared.

Source: Ethiopian News March 11, 2021 18:00 UTC