{"id":47812,"date":"2026-10-13T10:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47812"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:04:43","slug":"hrw-state-that-burundi-fails-on-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/hrw-state-that-burundi-fails-on-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"HRW state that Burundi fails on human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">As Burundi prepares to stand for re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote today, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the government has failed to make meaningful progress in improving the country\u2019s human rights record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Burundi is one of four African countries competing for four available seats on the 47-member council.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The election comes amid continued concerns over the country\u2019s human rights situation, including governance, access to justice and accountability for alleged abuses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Human Rights Watch says that despite some positive statements from the government, there has been little tangible action to address longstanding human rights concerns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The organisation has called for meaningful reforms to strengthen the rule of law, protect fundamental freedoms and ensure that those responsible for abuses are held accountable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45977,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-47812","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Burundi prepares to stand for re-election to UN Human Rights Council","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47813,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47812\/revisions\/47813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}