BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Thousands of people have staged a protest in the Burundian capital over a United Nations report that accuses the government of carrying out serious rights abuses.
A group of independent experts on Tuesday called for the creation of a U.N. panel to deepen a probe of “gross human rights violations” in Burundi, pinning most of the blame on President Pierre Nkurunziza’s government and its allies.
Violence in the East African nation soared after Nkurunziza’s decision last year to seek a third term, which critics called unconstitutional.
Among the abuses carried out since April 2015 as the president sought to stay in power are a “conservative estimate” of 564 executions, according to experts.