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Burundi dismisses planned U.N. inquiry into killings and torture

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Published on: June 15, 2023

The government of Burundi has dismissed a U.N. decision to set up a commission of inquiry to identify perpetrators of killings and torture, saying it was based on a one-sided account of events in the African nation.

The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Friday to set up the commission, saying it would build on a report by U.N. experts who looked into the suspected torture and murder of government opponents, reports Reuters.

The government spokesman Philippe Nzobonariba said that the report was biased, undertaken and produced mainly to pave way for this resolution and destabilise Burundi