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...release on Nov. 11 because of international appeals. Instead Sinduhije was charged and transferred to Mpimba prison. Ngoga-Gateretse, who is also a member of a Burundian opposition party and a friend of Sinduhije, "strongly believes" that high-level government leaders, including President Nkurunziza and General Adolphe Nshimirimana, head of the country's intelligence service, pressured lower-ranking officials not to release Sinduhije. According to Ngoga-Gateretse, who is based in Maryland, Burundian authorities are holding Sinduhije in spite of international pressure. "The problem is," Ngoga-Gateretse writes in an e-mail, "Nkurunziza does not understand the consequences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burundi Political Activist Jailed | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

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