Burundi: Commission starts work of identifying political prisoners

Twenty-one members of a new commission began its work on Tuesday (November 15) to identify all Burundi political prisoners being held throughout the country. The commission will "determine who are political prisoners and provide a complete list", the nation's first vice-president, Martin Nduwimana, said during the commission's launch. The commissioners, who are mostly magistrates and lawyers, are to work in four subcommissions to cover the four provinces of Bujumbura, Ngozi, Bururi and Gitega regions, which each host the nation's main prisons.

Source: Alertnet