Talk:Pierre Nkurunziza

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Good article. I feel, though, that we also need some mention of the fact that, according to Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, CNDD-FDD military strategy under Nkurunziza's leadership included the use of child soldiers, and deliberate killings of civilians (eg. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/12/21/burund6789.htm). Nkurunziza currently enjoys immunity from prosecution under a 2003 "de facto amnesty" but many Burundians believe that he's technically culpable for crimes against humanity. It's likely this will resurface at some point. 80.43.5.75 12:04, 31 October 2005 (UTC) Also, there is evidence that the 1972 killings of Hutu civilians (including Nkurunziza's father) were state-orchestrated and systematic. A 1996 UN report described them as "genocidal": http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/reports/burundi_coi/burundi_coi1996pt2.html - and comparisons have been made with the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Any thoughts?