Nkurunziza: Affairs Canada and Government

nkurunziza: In an address at the conference, Willy Nyamitwe, a communications advisor to President Pierre Nkurunziza, said reports of human rights abuses by Nkurunziza supporters are overblown, according to CBC. Burundi clashes kill almost 90 International observers have grown alarmed about an ongoing government crackdown on opposition groups in Burundi. Global Affairs Canada issued a sternly worded statement following a controversial event last week in Quebec City, at which a senior member of the current Burundian government spoke. The United Nations and several rights groups have documented numerous cases of torture and extra-judicial killings in the East African country. But Global Affairs Canada cautioned the Nkurunziza government about trying to use Quebec large Burundian expatriate community as political leverage. "Canada was not officially informed of which participants were to take part in the Quebec City meeting," Global Affairs said in a statement to CBC News. "However, any attempt by Burundi authorities to move the debate to Canada would be a regrettable, useless and ill-timed distraction." UN cites 'extremely alarming' trends of gang rapes, torture in Burundi Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion in the House of Commons. Human Rights Watch has said abuses have also been committed by armed opposition groups. "I wanted the Canadian opinion to hear another part of the story about Burundi, because some news stories are really biased about Burundi," Nyamitwe told CBC News following his July 30 speech. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.