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(excerpt) HR/CERD/96/33 VIOLENCE IN BURUNDI A REMINDER OF HOW VIGILANT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST REMAIN, HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS ANTI-BIAS PANEL Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Also Continues Consideration of Brazilian Report The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, José…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (Reuter) - Prime Minister Pascal Firmin Ndimira on Tuesday appealed to Burundians to avoid panic over sanctions imposed on the country and human-rights group Amnesty International accused the new Tutsi junta of ethnic killings. Ndimira made his appeal…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201352 TITLE=RWANDA / BURUNDI REFUGEES (L ONLY) BYLINE=CHRIS TOMLINSON DATELINE=KIGALI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE FLOW OF REFUGEES INTO RWANDA FROM BURUNDI INCREASED AGAIN TUESDAY AFTER A TEMPORARY HALT IN REPATRIATIONS ON SATURDAY. CHRIS TOMLINSON IN KIGALI REPORTS OFFICIALS SAY SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI MAY…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201343 TITLE=U-N / BURUNDI (L ONLY) BYLINE=DOUGLAS ROBERTS DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE TOP U-N HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL HAS CALLED FOR BURUNDI'S LEADERS TO PUT AN END TO THE VIOLENCE THAT HAS WRACKED THE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. V-O-A'S DOUGLAS ROBERTS…

DATE=8/6/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201337 TITLE=AMNESTY / BURUNDI (S ONLY) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NARIOBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SAYS BURUNDI'S NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT IS CONTINUING TO KILL CIVILIANS. V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS THE CHARGE FOLLOWS A UNITED NATIONS REPORT THAT…

UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities 48th Session - 5 - 30 August 1996 Agenda item 6 Oral Statement The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) believes that several situations in the world merit the attention of the Sub-Commission…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya has cut off travel and suspended trade with Burundi, sanctions imposed Monday in response to the recent Tutsi military coup that deposed the Hutu president. Regional leaders agreed July 31 to impose economic sanctions against…

By Stephen Buckley A son of Somali factional leader Mohamed Farah Aideed was named today to replace his father, who died last week, and to continue trying to subdue rival factions. Hussein Mohamed Aideed, 31, who landed with troops in…

KINSHASA, Aug 3 (Reuter) - The European Union (EU) has expressed serious concern about what it called the deteriorating ethnic violence and arms smuggling in eastern Zaire. A statement by the EU mission in Kinshasa, made available to Reuters on…

This is the first in a series of updates that will be published at six week intervals between full RNIS reports, which will now be published every three months. The update is based on information available to the SCN…