Tag: Burundi

Prison conditions in Burundi: Cause of global concern

By Newsroom24x7 Network on April 1, 2016April 1, 2016

Newsroom24x7 Staff Washington DC: Following death yesterday of Jacques Bihozagara, a former Rwandan ambassador and government minister, in the Bujumbura, Burundi, prison where he had been detained since 2015 of Prison Conditions in Burundi, there is growing global concern about Prison Conditions in Burundi. In a statement Thursday, John Kirby, US Assistant Secretary and Department

Posted in: Burundi, human rights, Jacques Bihozagara, John Kirby, prisons, torture

World

US position on Humanitarian Aid Programs in North Korea

By Newsroom24x7 Network on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015

Newsroom24x7 Desk Washington DC, Feb. 6: Between 1995 and 2008, the United States provided North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) with over $1.3 billion in aid, both in the form of food and heavy fuel oil, making us one of the leading contributors of assistance to the DPRK. But both the United States and